Personal data leaked from the election committee’s property declaration system. Shen Boyang: Vulnerabilities should be reviewed

Shen Boyang, Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party. (Photo by reporter Luo Peide)

As the nine-in-one election enters the countdown stage, the Taiwan Forward Front pointed out today (28th) that the "Public Candidate Property Declaration System" previously launched by the Central Election Commission had an information leakage problem. The personal information of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang, including their ID cards, were exposed. In this regard, Shen Boyang said this afternoon that not only the candidates, but also many people's information are in the government. Trust in the government needs to be established and maintained. He hopes that the election will clarify all the clarified and unresolved facts.

Shen Boyang was interviewed after concluding the confidential questioning of the Legislative Yuan Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee this afternoon. He said that the leakage of personal information has always been a serious problem. Even if it has been encrypted, it does not mean that the leakage has become less serious.

Shen Boyang believes that the focus now is actually to know how the whole thing happened. The election committee has just made a statement. If it can tell us what the known facts are and what facts have not been clarified, the unclarified facts will be announced to the Chinese people within a few days. Not only candidates, but also ordinary people have a lot of information on the government, and trust in the government needs to be established and maintained.

When asked whether he would seek compensation from the government in accordance with the personal information law, Shen Boyang said that the focus is not on seeking compensation, because seeking compensation is handled after the fact, and he does not want things to be dealt with after the fact has been leaked. What should be done is prevention, including security drills and regular inspections of whether public agencies have taken protective measures against new vulnerabilities.