The China Post
Date: August 21, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The National Defense University (NDU) Saturday confirmed that its computer system had been hacked in July but said that no classified information had been stolen.

Only ordinary academic research materials had been stolen, NDU said.

It added that it had already reinforced the firewall protecting its computer system.

The university was responding to media reports that said several NDU units, including a program for the study of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), had seen their computer networks breached last month, presumably by hackers from mainland China.

The media reports had claimed that stolen information had included administrative data, student profiles and important PLA research material. The reports said the military was assessing the damage and identifying the portions of information that had been stolen.

The United Evening News cited military sources as saying that “all data” had been “emptied” in the cyberattack.     [FULL  STORY]