Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/25
By: Liao Yu-yang, Wang Cheng-chung and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, June 25 (CNA) The Department of Cyber Security is reviewing data security measures and determining whether there are any other security loopholes after it was reported that the personal information of more than 243,000 civil servants has been hacked, Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) said Tuesday.

The Ministry of Civil Service revealed Monday on its Website that it was informed by a government agency about the breach on June 22, with the personal information of 243,376 civil servants being compromised.

The names, national identification card numbers, occupations and the agencies the civil servants work for have been made public. The personal data of individuals working in both central and local governments were submitted between Jan. 1, 2005 and June 30, 2012.    [FULL  STORY]