08.09
·Disputed
·Importance V
·Sources 1
·Taiwan
Huang Baiwei is alleged to have purchased household registration data containing approximately 23 million Taiwanese people using 5,000 Tether, and used the relevant personal information for intimidation and harassment.
08.06
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taipei
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office cracked a major personal data leak case. Suspects Wang Dawei and Huang Bowei are alleged to have purchased from the dark web as many as 50 million records of household registration and labor and health insurance data covering all of Taiwan, used them to threaten dissidents online, and published the personal information of public figures including Jensen Huang. Wang Dawei has been indicted by prosecutors.