A hacker posted the complete database of Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior on underground forums. This is a massive breach exposing the records of more than 23 million citizens, triggering alarms over a potential risk of identity theft on a national scale.

The centralized cyber intelligence system of Taiwan detected an unprecedented threat this Thursday, October 8. A user identified as Cohd3xx announced on dark web forums the availability of a massive database containing the demographic information of the country's entire population.

The leak, which allegedly comes from the infrastructure of the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan, represents a critical blow to state data security. Although government authorities have not yet officially confirmed the veracity of the breach, the magnitude of the exposed data is total.

Critical Impact: A 100% coverage of the civilian population is reported, affecting public administration and national demographic records.
Detail Information
Threat Actor Cohd3xx
Affected Entity Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan
Exposed Records 23,572,057
Population Percentage 100%
Detection Tool analyzer.vecert.io

Given the severity of the announcement, cybersecurity experts and incident response teams (SOC/CSIRT) recommend activating immediate preventive containment measures:

  • Forensic Audit: Thorough analysis of all government infrastructure to find the entry point.
  • Financial Alert: Intensive monitoring in banking entities to prevent fraud.
  • Identity Reinforcement: Increase of biometric validation levels across all state digital platforms.

The main objective of these measures is to mitigate the impact of a possible wave of massive identity thefts, given that the attacker possesses, in theory, the information of every Taiwanese citizen.

Source: analyzer.vecert.io