New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar (; code: TWD; symbol: NT$, also abbreviated as NT) is the official currency of the Republic of China (ROC) used in Taiwan Area. Formally, one dollar () is divided into ten dimes (), and to 100 cents (), although cents are never used in practice. The New Taiwan dollars has been the currency of Taiwan since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar, at a rate of 40,000 old dollars per one new dollar. There are a variety of alternative names to the units in Taiwan. The unit of dollar is usually written in simpler form as . Colloquially, the currency unit usually called (kuài, literally "piece") in Mandarin, (kho͘, literally "hoop") in Taiwanese Hokkien, and (ngiùn, literally "silver") in Hakka.
Wincor Nixdorf
On July 12, 2016, the media reported that at least 34 ATMs belonging to the Taiwanese had been hacked via a Malware heist. Over 70 million Taiwan dollar (equivalent to 2 million USD) had been withdrawn illegally. The ATMs had been manufactured by Wincor Nixdorf. According to the investigative authority, the international criminal hacker group used mobile devices instead of bank cards to activate the cash-withdrawal process. Security experts from the company were sent to investigate the security breach. At the time of the incident, there were approximately one thousand cash machines of this same type in use in Taiwan. A detailed investigation into the vulnerability began immediately.