A Taipei court ruled against Mirror Media in a defamation case brought by Taiwan People's Party chairman Huang Kuo-chang, a win for Huang and a setback for the outlet and its journalists.

• The court ordered the media company and two reporters to pay Huang and his aide damages, take down the stories, and post the full ruling for 30 days.
• The 2025 reports claimed Huang recruited hackers, stole personal data, and ran an online "guard unit" to attack his critics.
• Huang had sued for a much larger sum; the court awarded a fraction of what he asked for.
• The stories grew out of a hacking case at Taiwan's public radio broadcaster, where an engineer replaced the homepage with Chinese communist imagery and was later charged.
• The reporting also alleged Huang's aide told broadcaster staff they would have to pay an association to get his help exposing wrongdoing.

Outlook: The ruling can be appealed, so the fight over the reports is likely to continue in a higher court.