Taipei, May 8 -- Taiwan's top security officials have warned that the Chinese navigation application AMap may pose a serious national security threat after an internal probe found that the app continues gathering and transmitting sensitive user information to servers in China, as reported by The Taipei Times.

According to The Taipei Times, National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen informed lawmakers during a session of the legislature's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee that investigators identified nine cybersecurity concerns out of 15 reviewed categories linked to the Chinese-developed app.

The investigation revealed that AMap allegedly keeps collecting personal data even after users shut down the applicatio...