Chinese government hackers have hacked into the highly secretive Treasury Department office that imposes economic sanctions on countries and groups. This is one of the most powerful tools at the disposal of the United States to achieve national security goals,

The hacker was able to remotely access certain Treasury workstations and “certain unclassified documents maintained by those users,” the department said.

A Chinese state-sponsored hacker has broken into the US Treasury Department`s systems, accessing employee workstations and some unclassified documents,