U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held a virtual meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Jan. 6, a week after the Treasury Department revealed that Chinese hackers were behind a major cybersecurity breach of the federal agency.
During the meeting, Yellen conveyed her “serious concerns” over the “malicious cyber activity” conducted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers and its implications for the U.S.-China relationship, according to a summary of the exchanges released by the Treasury Department.
A Treasury official informed lawmakers in a letter last month that a Chinese hacking operation had stolen an undisclosed number of unclassified documents, calling it a “major incident.” According to the Treasury, the hackers gained remote access to the department’s network via a contractor, Beyond Trust, which the federal agency used for technical support….