Sanctions Against Yin Kecheng and His Ties to China’s MSS The US Treasury Department labeled Yin Kecheng as a “state-backed actor” due to his affiliation with China’s MSS, the country’s ...

The sanctions mean that neither the hacking suspect, Yin Kecheng, who is based in Shanghai, nor the company, Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co. LTD, can engage in any business transactions in the ...

The Office of Foreign Assets Control took measures against a state-linked hacker and a Shanghai-based cybersecurity firm in response to the recent attacks against critical infrastructure in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 17 story has been corrected to fix Kecheng's name in paragraphs 3 and 4) The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin ...

BeyondTrust breach impacted 17 SaaS customers via compromised API key linked to Silk Typhoon; U.S. Treasury affected.

Today, the Treasury Department placed sanctions on Yin Kecheng, an affiliate of the People’s Republic of China Ministry of State Security, in response to his cyber-intrusion into the agency’s ...

In a statement, the US Treasury said Yin Kecheng "was associated with the recent compromise of the Department of the Treasury's Departmental Offices network." Yin Kecheng, it added, had been a ...

Both Yin Kecheng and Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology are deemed threats to U.S. national security, the Treasury Department said in a statement detailing the sanctions. Advertisement Sichuan ...

Yin Kecheng carried out a breach of an American software vendor, BeyondTrust, which enabled him to then hack into sensitive Treasury offices, including the one that oversees economic sanctions ...

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin Kecheng and cybersecurity company Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., accusing both of being involved in a series ...

It said that Yin Kecheng was based in Shanghai, had worked as a hacker for more than a decade, and also had ties to the MSS. It further alleged he was tied to the recent breach at the U.S. Treasury.