Taiwan denounces the hacking of screens in public places that showed insults to Nancy Pelosi

MADRID, 4 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The screens of several government facilities and chain stores have suffered a computer attack on Wednesday, after they displayed messages defaming the president of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

This has been confirmed by the preliminary investigations Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Taiwan, which suggest that the incidents were due to cyber attacks with unknown IP addresses, as reported by the Taiwanese agency CNA.

Specifically, the messages displayed on these screens shared slogans such as "Pelosi, warmonger, out of Taiwan", or "Pelosi, old witch", as detailed by the CIB, which has reported that these messages have been exposed, for example, in various stores of the American food chain 7-Eleven, or in the Taiwan Railways Administration.

The digital signage is operated by a company for advertising purposes that was connected to a private Internet system, which could be the loophole used by hackers, the aforementioned chain has collected.

The president of the National Communications Commission of Taiwan, Chen Yaw Shyang, has assured that an initial investigation has found that the affected companies used Chinese software in their digital signage systems.

"This software could contain backdoors or 'malware', making them vulnerable to hacker attacks," Chen said.

On the other hand, the Taiwanese Defense Minister, Chiu Kuo Cheng, has assured that the ministry's website has suffered a cyber attack, which is why it has been temporarily out of service.