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Six new cases from abroad and two local

Taipei Times

People returning home to complete quarantine in time to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families arrive at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times

Taiwan yesterday recorded six new imported cases of COVID-19 and two new domestic cases, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said, adding that the local infections are linked to the cluster at Taoyuan General Hospital, which now totals 12 cases.

Preventing supply chain attacks

Chiueh Tzi-cker 闕志克

On Dec. 13 last year, cybersecurity company FireEye broke news of the most widespread hacking attack on US government agencies in the country’s history. Government departments affected by the attack, which exploited a vulnerability in proprietary network management software made by the Texas-based software provider SolarWinds, included the US departments of energy, treasury, homeland security, justice and defense.

The SolarWinds incident highlights the severe impact that “software supply chain” attacks can have. Hackers first analyze the software used by the target organization, then identify downstream suppliers to these software products with relatively weak data security practices and infect their software update infrastructure with malicious code. Once the organization updates the software, the malicious code is downloaded onto its systems.

‘Bentu’ education cannot wait

Taipei Times Editorial

While the Ministry of Education’s decision to expand compulsory classes for bentu (本土, “local” or “native”) languages to the junior-high school level should be applauded, it raises questions about attitudes toward these languages.

On Saturday, the ministry announced that seventh and eighth-grade students from next year would have one mandatory weekly session of Hoklo (also known as Taiwanese), Hakka, an Aboriginal language or Taiwan Sign Language, while the subjects would be optional for ninth-grade students.

Third nurse infected in hospital cluster

Taipei Times

Taoyuan General Hospital in the city’s Taoyuan District is pictured yesterday.
Photo: CNA

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported the fifth COVID-19 case in a cluster infection at a Taoyuan hospital, where four other medical workers were confirmed to have been infected over the past week.

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