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Cybersecurity, privacy, and the fight to stay safe online.
National Police Agency's 165 anti-fraud app now surfaces verified official LINE accounts beside search results after impersonation ads spoofed fraud-hotline branding in Meta and Google placements.
Taiwan's Securities and Futures Bureau opened a capped-reward whistleblower portal for market-manipulation tips ahead of third-quarter earnings, requiring encrypted uploads and barring tips from compliance officers already bound by SAR duties.
Taiwan Stock Exchange ran a coordinated phishing simulation against broker back-office staff ahead of third-quarter earnings, flagging how settlement clerks—not just traders—still click credential harvesters.
The National Communications Commission will require registered alphanumeric SMS sender IDs for bank fraud alerts after a Mid-Autumn phishing wave spoofed lender short codes, giving carriers a compliance window before fines kick in.
The Financial Supervisory Commission ordered Taiwan brokerages to prove WhatsApp and Line archive coverage before Mid-Autumn, tightening chat retention checks ahead of a crowded IPO quiet period.
Taiwan’s cyber-fraud coordination center flagged a surge in fake parcel-fee SMS links tied to Mid-Autumn gift deliveries, urging carriers and banks to block look-alike domains before the holiday weekend crush.
