The China Post
Date: February 9, 2017
By: Joseph Yeh
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Around 15,000 files containing the personal information of Taiwanese
Winston Chung (鍾文正), deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA), speaks to the press during a press event in Taipei on Wednesday.
travelers are suspected to have been stolen by hackers, the government said Wednesday.
It added, however, that no nationals had yet reported being victimized as a result of the possibly hacked information.
Speaking at an emergency press conference, Winston Chung (鍾文正), deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA), apologized to the public and said the possible leak was due an intrusion into the its email system.
The bureau had recently found irregularities in an email account that serves as contact window to 117 Taiwanese overseas offices worldwide, Chung said. [FULL STORY]