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US Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for Hacking 81K Firewall Devices

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Treasury Department sanctions Chinese vendor for allegedly trying to spread malware to 81,000 firewall devices from Sophos .

Sichuan Silence Information Technology and one of its employees, Guan Tianfeng , were sanctioned for their roles in the April 2020 compromise of tens of thousands of firewalls worldwide.

This comes after Sophos published a years -long investigation into Chinese hackers targeting the company's devices back in 2020 .