Three Leading Taiwanese Companies Hit by Cyberattacks

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UMC, Wistron and Formosa Petrochemical Corp. have been the latest victims of a wave of cyberattacks targeted at Taiwan in recent weeks. All say they were able to get back online quickly and there are no signs of information theft.

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00:00Three major Taiwanese companies were targeted by cyber attacks in the last few days.

00:05Tech firms UMC and Wistron, as well as Formosa Petrochemical Corporation, saw their websites

00:10taken offline.

00:12All three were back online quickly and said no information was stolen.

00:16Taiwan's digital ministry last month said a pro-Russian hacking group launched attacks

00:20against 45 entities in Taiwan, including government agencies and financial firms.

00:26In those cases, the damage was also minimal, and most of the entities targeted quickly

00:30went back online.

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