The National Health Insurance Administration, an "A-level agency" with information security responsibility, was alarmed that an "inner ghost" leaked and investigated people's personal information.

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The former chief secretary and 3 people were charged with abusing their powers for sneak investigation

[Reporter Qian Lizhong/Taipei Report] The Central Health Insurance Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare was listed by the Executive Yuan as an "A-level agency" with information security responsibility, but it was alarmed that there was an "inner ghost" leaking and investigating the personal information of the people!

Ye Fengming, the retired former chief secretary of the National Health Insurance Administration, Xie Yulian, the incumbent chief of the underwriting team, and Li Renhui, a staff member of the underwriting team, were accused of abusing their powers to secretly check people's health insurance personal information; Divided into five routes, searched the residences of the National Health Insurance Administration and the three defendants. According to the Criminal Law, the crime of leaking or handing over secrets other than national defense, which is punishable by up to three years of imprisonment, was investigated and dealt with.

Inspection and investigation of 5-way search to trace whether there is flow to China

Whether the personal information of the victims who were smuggled included the head of state, deputy heads of state, government or military intelligence officials, and whether there is any possibility of it flowing to foreign forces such as China, the prosecution has no relevant information, and the three defendants have not yet been involved in the relevant cases. The prosecution and investigation We will clarify and ensure the security of sensitive personal data related to national security.

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Ye Fengming graduated from the Institute of Information Management, National Taiwan University. The topic of his master's thesis is "Research on the Impact of Health Insurance Information on Hospital Operation Strategy", focusing on the impact of health insurance information on hospital operation strategy. He has served as the underwriting team leader and chief secretary of the National Health Insurance Department In an important position, after retiring, he was involved in a lawsuit involving the leakage of personal information.

According to the information provided by the National Health Insurance Administration to the investigation and investigation, from 2009 to 2022, Ye Nan and the other three were involved in using their position authority to log into the health insurance system to secretly check personal information for 13 years; their personal information was leaked It is not calculated on a single transaction, the number of transactions is huge, and the possibility of flowing to the credit reporting industry cannot be ruled out.

It is reported that the "National Health Insurance Medical Information Cloud Query System" and its predecessor "National Health Insurance Cloud Medical History System" launched in 2016 are suspected of having information leaked. Digital footprint and brought to justice.