Further government analysis reveals private information dates back further than 2006

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/05/31
By: Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In response to reports of a massive government data leak, Cabinet Spokesperson Ting I-ming (丁怡銘) announced on Saturday (May 30) that upon initial analysis by government cybersecurity units, the content of the data is many years old.

Ting added that the information was not leaked from any Taiwanese government agency but is most likely a compilation of a variety of sources, CNA reported.

After verification by the relevant agencies, the data was found to have been circulating since before 2006. In addition to the recently revealed data, there are a total of 29 other data files dating from 2007 onward, including seven from 2007, 11 from 2008, three from 2009, five from 2010, two from 2011, and one from 2016.    [FULL  STORY]