Military hackers not charged, were testing website s safety: MND
02/07/2021 03:49 PM
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Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) Prosecutors recently decided not to press charges against two military officers, who hacked into the defense ministry s website in 2017, as they had been instructed to do so to test the military s counter cyber attack capabilities, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Sunday.
In a statement, the MND s Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command said it had asked the two officers to try to hack the website, as part of a regular drill to detect loopholes in the ministry s firewall.