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Surprise attack drill to be held

The National Security Bureau will hold an exercise simulating a surprise attack by China, it was reported yesterday as the Ministry of National Defense launched a probe into the leaking of military data on such drills.

President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and other top officials would scramble to the national command in Taipei during the maneuver, which would be staged within the next two days, the Chinese-language China Times said.

The exercise was aimed to test security authorities' measures designed to protect top government officials should war break out in the Taiwan Strait, the newspaper said, without providing its source.

The drill, however, was shadowed by the defense ministry's announcement yesterday that it had launched an investigation into the alleged leaking of military data by an army colonel who played a role in this year's biggest military war game, Han Kuang 23.

The colonel was found to have taken home a USB flash drive containing data simulating an attack by the People's Liberation Army, the ministry said in a statement.

The drive also contained the sensitive data regarding "Po Sheng" (Broad Victory), the military program launched by the military in 2003 to enhance the military's communications, intelligence and surveillance capabilities.

The flash drive was discovered to have contained a computer virus that Chinese hackers have used to assault the nation's military and government Web sites, the statement said.

The ministry said it was "evaluating the damage" of the leak.
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