WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin Kecheng and cybersecurity company Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., accusing both of being involved in a series of hacks against American telecom companies.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Friday that it had sanctioned a China-based cybersecurity company, known as Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, which it says is directly linked to the China-backed Salt Typhoon hacking group.

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned hacker Yin Kecheng and Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co. for allegedly participating in telecom hacks against American companies. The intrusions, allegedly conducted under 'Salt Typhoon,