Warrant issued for alleged mastermind of online attacks
In what appears to be an unprecedented move, the mainland has issued an arrest warrant for a Taiwanese secret agent accused of hacking into hundreds of sensitive government websites.
Mainland security agencies identified Lee Fang-jung, in his late 20s, as the mastermind of recent online attacks on websites of several hundred government units.
Through the Global Times, an affiliate of the mainland's People's Daily, a mainland public security department said the targets of the massive internet attack included networks operated by the government, the People's Liberation Army, defence technology institutions and defence industry organisations across the mainland and its autonomous regions.
They also included dozens of the mainland's diplomatic posts abroad.
The hackers gained access to information related to political, military, diplomatic, economic, medical and health affairs, the Global Times said.