Taipei prosecutors yesterday appealed a court decision to release on bail two suspects who allegedly hacked the Radio Taiwan International (RTI) Web site.
RTI management on Sept. 11 reported to authorities an online attack, in which hackers replaced the banner on its page with the People’s Republic of China flag.
Funded by the Ministry of Culture, RTI provides news content about Taiwan to domestic and worldwide audiences in 20 languages, including Mandarin, Hoklo (also known as Taiwanese), English, French, Spanish, German, Russian and Japanese.
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The government lists RTI among the nation’s “critical infrastructure” in terms of national security.
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement that it worked with Taipei police on Sept. 26 to search the residence and office of two RTI employees — a Web administrator surnamed Wu (吳) and section supervisor surnamed Yue (岳) — and question them.
Prosecutors said they also questioned an RTI contractor surnamed Huang (黃).
On Friday, they requested the court to detain Wu and Huang, who face pending charges of breach of trust and other offenses.
“There is evidence that Wu and Huang repeatedly hacked the RTI Web site. An investigation also found that the trio planned another hack on Double Ten National Day,” prosecutors said, adding that the hackers undermined national security, and they could collude and tamper with evidence.
The Taipei District Court on Friday granted bail of NT$100,000 to Yue, prohibiting him from leaving the country and ordering him to wear an electronic monitoring device. It also granted bail of NT$270,000 and NT$150,000 to Wu and Huang respectively.
Taipei prosecutors appealed the decision.
RTI in a statement last night said it would fully cooperate with the authorities “to ensure the security of the nation’s critical infrastructure.”
It added that it would seek civil damages for harm to its reputation and property.
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