The theft of taxpayer funds by the Chengdu-based hackers APT41 is the first instance of pandemic fraud tied to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals that the U.S. government has acknowledged publicly, but may be the tip of the iceberg, experts say.
On Wednesday, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill, pushed witness David Smith, the assistant director of the Office of Investigations at the Secret Service, to reveal the full extent of cyberattacks by such groups on state computer systems. “Since that article came out, I got to believe that they’ve probably targeted a lot of states beyond a dozen,” Krishnamoorthi said.
Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., also referred to the NBC News report and asked Smith, “When do you think the Secret Service expects to have resolution on if the hackers acted on their own accord or by government direction?” Asked for information about progress in the APT41 case, Smith said, “That case is a large, very broad case out of our Denver field office. And it will be unpacking that for some time, sir.”pandemic fraud
In an interview on the eve of the hearing, the new chair of the committee, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., called the theft of pandemic funds intended for taxpayers by a foreign adversary “a national security issue.”
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