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Prosecutors in Taoyuan detained the president and sales director of TPEX-listed Jiin Ming Industrial, alleging the drone maker hid mainland Chinese chips and lenses inside systems delivered to Taiwan’s armed forces and filed false origin certificates.
Hsinchu prosecutors indicted three people who allegedly posed as securities analysts on LINE, forged Financial Supervisory Commission letterheads, and steered victims into fake cryptocurrency wallets that siphoned more than NT$42 million.
Jiin Ming Industrial, a listed drone supplier, said it suspended two executives while investigators review whether non-Taiwan components entered a defense contract batch.
Taiwan’s Investigation Bureau seized racks of SIM cards and relay phones used to capture banking OTPs for mobile-wallet fraud targeting Taipei retailers.
Taiwan’s Coast Guard said it forced four Chinese vessels out of restricted Kinmen waters Friday morning, hours before a larger PLA air-and-sea patrol near the main island.
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission is pushing DevSecOps, SBOM tracking and API security inside its FORCE-B cyber blueprint after first-half 2026 examinations flagged lagging secure-SDLC adoption at several institutions.
Cisco Talos tied a spear-phishing wave against Taiwan research organizations to a live Google login relay kit that defeats one-time passwords, using forged academic event invitations as the lure.
A private Taiwanese patrol documented a Chinese fishing boat classified as maritime militia operating with a coast guard cutter and research ship off Hualien in mid-August, the first such east-coast grouping officials have acknowledged.
Rapid7 says a new AVERAT Linux implant on Taiwanese network appliances disguises itself as ShareTech email-security processes and beacons over SMTP to evade detection.
Taipei prosecutors say two people in Hong Kong hired locals to plant a camera on a scooter and record Puma Shen’s family for weeks, paying roughly US$12,700 for the footage.
Taipei's defense ministry counted 14 Chinese aircraft and drones in a joint patrol from mid-afternoon Tuesday, with nine crossing the Taiwan Strait median line as Oct. 10 ceremonies approach.
New Taipei prosecutors say two groups forged ties to a defense institute to export controlled chips worth hundreds of millions of Taiwan dollars to China and Hong Kong, including parts usable in radar and missile guidance.
Hsinchu prosecutors charged 12 people after police said a call center posed as a foreign-exchange desk to lure victims into cryptocurrency transfers.
Taiwan Cooperative Bank froze NT$42 million across 16 accounts after other lenders flagged a shared wallet pattern tied to pig-butchering scams, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said Monday.
Federal agents stopped a California realtor before a Shanghai flight, alleging she acted as an unregistered Chinese agent after filming President Lai Ching-te's U.S.-based son near Seattle and texting vehicle details to handlers.
Bank of Taiwan staff at a Zhongzheng district branch halted a 76-year-old customer’s NT$1 million withdrawal after Jieshou police flagged a LINE investment pitch, the latest counter-level block in Taipei’s anti-fraud push.
A NT$470 million joint initiative would embed Pentagon policy and analysis staff at Taiwan’s defense ministry, letting Washington sit closer to arms-buying decisions than through the American Institute in Taiwan alone.
University security desks warned that fraudsters abuse legitimate government “forward to a friend” forms to send phishing mail from .gov.tw domains that pass SPF checks.
Taoyuan police seized counterfeit NT$1,000 note bundles sold through encrypted messaging apps after convenience-store clerks flagged mismatched serial fonts, according to an indictment summary released Saturday.
The Coast Guard said the Jin Sha refused to weigh anchor until a patrol vessel used water cannons, then towed the disabled trawler to a Chinese workboat outside the line.
Serial numbers 6727 and 6728 touched down in Taitung around noon following a Hawaii stopover, opening a 66-jet pipeline the air force says will shift the eastern base from training to front-line defense.
The first pair of 66 U.S.-built F-16 Block 70 jets arrived at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on Friday, ending a 29-year wait for brand-new fighters in Taiwan’s inventory.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau warned that scammers are impersonating universal cash-payout notices with fake .gov.tw lookalike domains as lawmakers debate disbursement timing.
Indictments allege forged end-user paperwork moved 74 restricted Nvidia B300 servers to China while customs halted another 56 units still in Taiwan.
Taipei’s National Taxation Bureau warned that scammers posing as tax officials are emailing fake e-invoice rejection notices; legitimate corrections still arrive on paper with .gov.tw senders only.
Parking-fee text messages overtook fake Momo refund lures as the top phishing pretext in August, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said, citing 165 dashboard data.
The National Communications Commission opened spot audits of carrier commercial-SMS link whitelists after Mid-Autumn complaints that smishing texts still carried unregistered URLs.
Defense planners want about 200 upgraded Hsiung Feng II and III rounds through 2035, funded from the regular budget, to pierce PLAN destroyer defenses.
A patrol ship chased a nameless mainland trawler for 15 minutes northwest of Mudou Islet before bringing six crew members to Magong under cross-strait relations law.
A 100-ton patrol ship chased a Chinese trawler for 15 minutes northwest of Penghu's Mudou Islet before six crew members were escorted to Magong for questioning.
Police and rail officials are warning travelers to verify schedule changes inside official THSR or 929 apps after a wave of holiday SMS phishing that mimics train rescheduling notices—and is distinct from the e-commerce refund scams that have dominated recent alerts.
A decommissioned 61-metre Taiwan Coast Guard cutter has been handed to the Philippine Coast Guard through a non-governmental channel, drawing condemnation from Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office and criticism in Taipei that maritime cooperation is being expanded without formal state-to-state ties.
CIB says fake refund texts posing as Momo and Shopee are pushing shoppers toward credential theft and LINE takeovers ahead of the Mid-Autumn holiday.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau warned that post–Mid-Autumn gift-card phishing pages mimicked major convenience-store chains and supermarket voucher portals, asking victims to enter card numbers after fake “balance check” SMS messages.
Taiwan’s military counted nine Chinese aircraft crossing the median line in 24 hours while the army staged its first media-observed live-fire drill with a domestically built 105mm wheeled gun in Tainan, insisting arms sales with Washington stay on schedule before this week’s U.S.–China summit.
The Bankers Association of the Republic of China published a red-flag checklist for social-media investment influencers after retiree losses tied to fake fund ads spiked following Mid-Autumn family money transfers.
The National Communications Commission warned of a surge in fake carrier-branded SMS ahead of county typhoon evacuation drill week, urging residents to verify shelter alerts only through official apps and registered sender IDs.