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Congress Demands Answers from Treasury Department After Chinese Hacker Attack

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies about the Biden Administration's FY2024 fed

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Rep. French Hill (R-AR), vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, on Thursday wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding more details of a cyberattack on Treasury’s computer systems allegedly perpetrated by hackers linked to the Chinese government.


Congress Demands Answers from Treasury Department After Chinese Hacker Attack

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Rep. French Hill (R-AR), vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, on Thursday wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding more details of a cyberattack on Treasury’s computer systems allegedly perpetrated by hackers linked to the Chinese government.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies about the Biden Administration's FY2024 fed

South Korean Parliament Impeaches Acting President

South Korean lawmakers impeached Acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday on the grounds that he was not moving quickly enough to complete the impeachment and trial of former President Yoon Suk-yeol after the latter’s disastrous attempt to impose martial law on December 3. Han’s tenure as acting president ended up lasting only 13 days.

South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attends a news conference after a meeting with A