Leak contains personal information on more than 20 million Taiwanese citizens
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/05/30
By: Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Censored screenshot of leaked database (Cyble photo)
According to researchers at Cyble Inc., Toogod, a “known and reputable actor” was found to have released the data titled, “Taiwan Whole Country Home Registry DB,” onto the dark web. It is unusual for an entire nation’s database to be leaked, Cyble reported.
The data is from the Ministry of the Interior’s Department of Household Registration.
Altogether, the database is 3.5 GB and lists the names, addresses, genders, date of births, and other private information of more than 20 million citizens. According to Cyble, the "actor" claimed the leak is from 2019, though Cyble researchers have stated that it is difficult to confirm how recent it actually is. [FULL STORY]
