Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom hacked, sensitive data stolen and sold
Taiwanese telecoms company Chunghwa Telecom was hacked and sensitive data was stolen. The stolen data was sold on the dark web, and the Taiwanese authorities also confirmed the theft of sensitive data.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Chunghwa Telecom
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Sensitive data stolen and sold on the dark web
- Cause / method
- External hacking
- Location
- Taiwan
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Timeline
- The theft of Chunghwa Telecom's sensitive data and its sale on the dark web were reported, and the Taiwanese authorities confirmed the theft.
- Further reports emerged of the hacking targeting Chunghwa Telecom.
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