The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday referred to prosecutors a computer engineer who allegedly hacked into a computer server in what he called "self-defense." The Hsinchu computer engineer, surnamed Fan (­S), said he thought that the other side attacked his computer . . .
The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday referred to prosecutors a computer engineer who allegedly hacked into a computer server in what he called "self-defense." The Hsinchu computer engineer, surnamed Fan (­S), said he thought that the other side attacked his computer first, while the truth was that the other side was an innocent party which had been attacked by a so-called Trojan horse program, a special type of computer virus, the police said.

A man last year reported to the police that a Web site which teaches magic and is run by him, had been hacked. He said some Web pages had been altered and some registered users' access to the Web site blocked.

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