Taipei-based securities firm Taishin had some unhappy customers this morning as its services were temporarily downed by a cyberattack — the second one this year. The DDoS attack targeted the electronic trading systems of Taishin as well as its subsidiary Ta Chong Securities, also putting the firm’s telephone trading service out of commission in the process. Taishin’s system went down at 8:54 a.m., Apple Daily quoted a reader as saying, while Ta Chong’s service went down at 8:50 a.m. Both services were restored within an hour, with Taishin’s back up at 9:32 a.m. and Ta Chong’s back online at 9:35 a.m.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: China Post
