A Taiwanese lieutenant hacks into classified military intranet, punished

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-16
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

A Taiwanese female lieutenant was said to have hacked into a restricted access area without a permit and into a military computer network and classified intranet for up to six hours in April. The lieutenant’s misconduct was discovered right on the scene and was then demoted. Disclosed by local media on Tuesday, the breach drew a backlash from lawmakers, saying it has put national security at risk.

The Chinese-language Apple Daily reported Tuesday that a female lieutenant, surnamed Gu, broke into the Office of Telecommunication Development under the Ministry of National Defense (MND) this April to gain access to a military computer network at the outset for four hours and then moved on to use the classified intranet in the office in an attempt to obtain classified information with a USB storage drive for another two hours. Gu was caught at a checkpoint with the suspicious USB storage drive when an official performed a routine security check before allowing her to leave the building.      [FULL  STORY]