Taiwan probes reported hack of officials' messaging accounts

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Taiwan's police on Wednesday said they had launched an investigation after local media reported more than 100 LINE messaging app accounts used by ...

The hacked accounts reportedly belong to 'high ranking officials' in the presidential office, the cabinet, the military and members of the ruling and opposition parties AFP/Fred TANNEAUTAIPEI: Taiwan's police on Wednesday said they had launched an investigation after local media reported more than 100 LINE messaging app accounts used by officials had been hacked and the company admitted"abnormal activities" had been detected.

In a statement, LINE said it had"taken necessary measures to protect users as soon as abnormal account activities were detected"."We will continue to take necessary responsive measures," the company added. Beijing views democratic, self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to one day seize the island, by force if needs."Cyberattacks and disinformation are threatening democracies worldwide," foreign minister Joseph Wu said in a tweet on Wednesday that linked to a Jerusalem Post column he had co-written with Taiwan's digital minister Audrey Tang.

The Liberty Times report said national security agencies will look into whether the hackers could have used the Israeli spyware programme Pegasus or have"help from insiders".

 

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