Taiwanese National Security Bureau says it was not hacked
The National Security Bureau yesterday said it could not find evidence that hackers had broken into its computers after a legislator claimed to have received an e-mail from the bureau that contained a virus.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Justin Chou (???) told reporters he received a “daily global news brief” via e-mail from the bureau’s Intelligence Publication Center and found that it contained a “Trojan horse” virus.
Chou said he suspected the bureau’s computers might have been compromised by hackers, adding that other legislators and government officials had received the same e-mail. The security of the bureau’s computer system appears to have some flaws, he said. In a statement to the press, the nation’s top civilian spy agency said that while it was true that e-mails from the bureau were sent to a select list of recipients, all e-mails from the bureau had an official digital stamp.
