Prosecutors decide not to charge two in 2017 hack case
Staff writer, with CNA
Prosecutors have decided not to press charges against two military officers who in 2017 hacked into a Ministry of National Defense Web site to test the military’s counter-cyberattack capabilities, the ministry said yesterday.
The Information Communication and Electronic Warfare Office said in a statement that it had asked the officers to try to hack the Web site as part of a drill to detect loopholes in the ministry’s firewall.
The statement came after the Chinese-language United Daily News yesterday reported that one of the officers had left the military following an investigation into the breach.