CIB probing cyberattack on presidency

INSIDE JOB? Legislator Ann Kao said that the Presidential Office should launch an internal investigation to determine if credentials were stolen or information leaked

Taipei 
Date: May 17, 2020
By: Su Yung-yao, Chen Yun and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer

The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday said that it has launched an investigation into a suspected cyberattack on the Presidential Office, after some members of the media on Friday received what the office said were altered documents pertaining to two meetings last month between President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌).

On Friday night, an e-mail account named “ser lo” sent members of the media on the Presidential Office’s contact list two e-mails containing several files.

The files were purportedly documents prepared by aides for two meetings between Tsai and Su on selecting members of Tsai’s second-term Cabinet.

A motorist waits at a stoplight in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei on Jan. 4.

Photo: Betsy Joles, Bloomberg

Also attached was a purported assessment report on vice president-elect William Lai (賴清德) from early last year, when he competed against Tsai in the Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential primary.
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