Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/03
By: Lee Shu-hua, Lu Hsin-hui and William Yen
Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The official website of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Image taken from Pixabay
was hacked Tuesday with the hackers posting phrases about President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) in simplified Chinese characters on the homepage, a party spokesperson said.
DPP spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka said the party’s website is a frequent target for malicious attacks by hackers especially during and in the run up to elections.
The phrases included “Chinese netizens support the re-election of President Tsai Ing-wen” and “Tsai Ing-wen, we Chinese netizens love you.”
The website has since been taken down and was not back online at press time. [FULL STORY]