Given that the chief suspect, Hsiao Jung-hsiang, colluded with crooked cops to steal and sell personal data and that public authorities were implicated, the scandal has sent shock waves throughout Taiwanese society.
這起主嫌蕭榮祥勾結不肖員警盜賣個人資料的案件，由於牽涉到公務單位而震驚社會各界，檢警起出的資料有一百萬筆，全被轉售給暴力恐嚇、詐財集團使用，被害人遍布全台。