Security News > 2000 > September > Chinese Hacker Invades Taiwan E-Papers, IT Sites

http://asia.internet.com/2000/9/1303-taiwan.html By Steve Crook Taiwan Correspondent, asia.internet.com [September 13, 2000--TAIPEI] Several Taiwanese electronic newspapers and Web newsletters published by IT companies were broken into Tuesday by a hacker presumed to be based in China. The intruder posted messages wishing the people of Taiwan a happy Mid-Autumn Festival "on behalf of their compatriots on the Chinese mainland." Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional holiday, was celebrated on both sides of the Taiwan Straits Tuesday. According to news reports, no Taiwan government Web sites were invaded during the attacks. The latest intrusions recall the events of July and August 1999, when a statement by Taiwan's then-president Lee Teng-hui outraged the Chinese government and prompted Chinese hackers to damage more than 72,000 Taiwanese Web sites. Taiwanese hackers responded in kind, posting anti-PRC slogans and "Hello Kitty" pictures on dozens of official Chinese sites. During Taiwan's presidential election earlier this year, extensive measures were taken to protect the computerized vote tallying process against hackers. Last week, a Web site maintained by Taiwan's Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics was hacked. Officials said the break-in caused no serious damage, but the source of the attack has not yet been determined. The confidential e-mail system of another government department, the Bureau of Monetary Affairs, was broken into in July. Investigators have not said if the intruders took any sensitive information. *==============================================================* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen Alfred. M. Gray, USMC ================================================================ C4I.org - Computer Security, & Intelligence - http://www.c4i.org *==============================================================* ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".

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