House Republicans are denouncing a breach of the U.S. Treasury Department’s security by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to steal documents, calling it “sloppy” and promising the country will be held accountable once President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.

The Treasury Department sent a letter to lawmakers on the Senate banking and House Financial Services committees on Monday notifying them of the “major incident,” the Washington Examiner confirmed.

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