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Beijing dismisses ‘politically motivated’ cyberattack accusations

Richard Sanders, Staff Writer China typically strongly denied it was behind an alleged state-sponsored cyberattack on the US Treasury Department, following accusations on Monday that hackers linked to Beijing accessed sensitive files and workstations in what officials in Washington have called a “major” security breach. Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday that […]