Tag: Treasury
Chris Mason: Political heat map flashes red over Treasury
If you were to produce a political heat map of the government right now, there is one big bit that would be bright red, and probably flashing: the Treasury. Firstly, there have been all of the headlines about the now former Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Tulip Siddiq. For all of the complexities and subtleties…
Tulip Siddiq resigns as Treasury minister
Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. She had referred herself to the prime minister’s standards adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, after questions about links to her aunt, who was ousted last year as Bangladesh’s prime minister. Sir Laurie said he had “not identified evidence of improprieties” but…
Badenoch’s department wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over potential tax break
Business department raised issue of patent box benefit after meeting that took place last June, documents show Kemi Badenoch instructed her department to write to the Treasury about a potential tax break after an intervention from Dyson, documents have revealed. In the minutes of a meeting during her time as business secretary last June, seen…
Beijing denies involvement in US treasury cyber-attack
The breach was orchestrated via a third-party cybersecurity service provider. Hackers were able to gain access to a key used by the vendor to override certain parts of the system, according to a letter the treasury department sent to lawmakers on Monday that was reviewed by the Guardian. According to the treasury, the incident happened…
Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed documents in ‘major’ cyber incident
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday. The department did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents the hackers may have obtained, but it said…
China Hacked Treasury Dept. in ‘Major’ Breach, U.S. Says
By Ana Swanson Reporting from Washington The announcement comes after revelations in recent months that China had penetrated deep into U.S. telecommunications systems, gaining access to the phone conversations and text messages of U.S. officials and others. In a letter informing lawmakers of the episode, the Treasury Department said that it had been notified on…
US Treasury says it was hacked by China in ‘major incident’
The breach occurred in early December and was made public in a letter penned by the Treasury Department to lawmakers notifying them of the incident. The US agency characterised the breach as a “major incident”, and said it had been working with the FBI and other agencies to investigate the impact. A spokesman for the…