By Hollie Younger / Staff writer, with CNA
Two men were indicted today in Taipei for allegedly purchasing personal medical data obtained by a Chinese hacking group from Taiwanese hospital servers with the intent to resell, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said.
Taiwanese nationals Liu Che-hong (劉哲宏) and Cheng Yu-hong (鄭宇紘) were indicted on suspicion of contravening the Personal Data Protection Act (個人資料保護法), with prosecutors requesting the court impose heavy sentences.
From February to April of last year, the China-based group Crazy Hunters hacked into the internal servers of Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Changhua Christian Hospital in Changhua City and a private company to steal patients’ health records and personal information, prosecutors said.
Photo: Chiu Chih-jou, Taipei Times
They then posted the information for sale on a website called BreachForums, they said.
Liu allegedly liaised with the hackers and Cheng then bought a file containing outpatient data and other personal information from patients of Mackay Memorial Hospital for 1,000 Tether (USDT), cryptocurrency worth approximately NT$31,500, they said.
Cheng then allegedly attempted to resell the data to an unidentified Telegram user, saying that the data pertained to “high-value targets,” prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said that the men knew the data had been obtained illegally and that it contained sensitive personal information, such as treatment records, genetic data and health check reports.
Prosecutors said they have also issued wanted notices for three Chinese nationals involved in the hacking group.
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