[pchelpers] News:Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromised

Posted by Dancho Danchev @ 11:45 am

Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has successfully tracked
down and arrested six people in what the CIB believes to be the biggest
personal data breach in Taiwan to date. Apparently, the group also
managed to obtain personal data on Taiwan’s current and former
presidents :

“The suspects are believed to have stolen more than 50 million records
of personal data, including information about President Ma Ying-jeou,
his predecessor Chen Shui-bian and police chief Wang Cho-chiun, the
official said. They then offered to sell the information for 300 Taiwan
dollars (10 US) per entry, he said. The hackers, based in Taiwan and
China, also swindled victims out of millions of Taiwan dollars through
their online bank accounts, he said.”

More here:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1814
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