Government announces that China is aiming for personal information of Taiwanese citizens

The Taiwan Research Bureau's Cyber Security Research Office announced on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 that Chinese hackers have been conducting hacking attacks aimed at the information of the Taiwan government and the personal information of citizens over the past two years. did.

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In a press conference, Liu Chia-zung, deputy head of the Cyber Security Research Office, said during a press conference that Chinese hackers over the last two years saw a system of at least four technology companies serving the Taiwanese government to steal confidential documents. Revealed that it had invaded. The attack launched in 2018 targeted 10 government agencies and 6000 employees' email addresses, and said they aimed at government information and personal information of citizens.

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The Cyber Security Research Office has identified four attackers as 'Blacktech', 'Taidoor', 'Mustang Panda', and 'APT40'. The attacker allegedly used virtual VPN software to break into the network and use his own encrypted connection to bring out the stolen data. According to Mr. Liu, although the attacker detected that the system had been accessed, he did not know what information was stolen. Liu also acknowledges that some data may have been released.

In May, a Taiwanese oil company was targeted for ransomware by an attacker known as the 'Winnti Group'.In early August, Taiwan-based security company CyCraft was a Taiwanese semiconductor company. also There has been a hacking target by Chinese attackers have been announced .

The Chinese authorities once denied that China was attacking Taiwan, but CyberScoop asked the Chinese embassy in Washington for comments about the new attack, but there was no reply. ..

``China's attackers have long targeted system integrators and information service providers,'' said TT Tsai, head of Taiwan-based security company Team T5. Despite improving the policy, it points out that IT providers trusted by the government are becoming weak points.

Although the relationship with the hacking attack is unknown, it is said that Taiwan is considering prohibiting the use of Chinese streaming services 'iQiyi' and 'Tencent Holdings'. Chinese apps are banned in India due to security risks, and there are also exclusions in the United States.

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