The Criminal Investigation Bureau on Saturday called on people to be careful when shopping online, citing a high number of fraud cases targeting online shoppers last year.
The largest number of cases, or 940, targeted customers of retailer Eslite Bookstore, it said.
Other retailers with a high number of fraud cases included ET Mall with 868 cases, Shopee Taiwan Co with 500 cases, Jealousness Classics with 358 cases and Kingstone Book Co with 324 cases.
“The suspects hack into the e-commerce platforms and steal customer data. They then call the customer to say there was a system error involving their
Taiwan, the US and Japan yesterday cohosted a virtual Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) forum focused on combating cybercrime.
Since the GCTF platform was launched in 2015, this event is the first to focus on how international law enforcement agencies can cooperate to combat cybercrime, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said in a news release.
It also for the first time engaged the National Police Agency and was held alongside this year’s International Forum on Police Cooperation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a separate news release.
The forum was attended by about 320 police, judicial and law enforcement personnel
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterTaiwan, the US and Japan yesterday cohosted a virtual Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) forum focused on combating cybercrime.
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