Camille Naredo

A man stands before Taiwanese Navy ships anchored at the harbour in Keelung on December 11, 2024.  I-Hwa Cheng, AFP/File

A man stands before Taiwanese Navy ships anchored at the harbour in Keelung on December 11, 2024.

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TAIWAN

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1736148147014173399464349620241212 (7).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A man stands before Taiwanese Navy ships anchored at the harbour in Keelung on December 11, 2024.  I-Hwa Cheng, AFP/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A man stands before Taiwanese Navy ships anchored at the harbor in Keelung on December 11, 2024.  <em>I-Hwa Cheng, AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Chinese hackers were involved in most of the cyberattacks against Taiwan last year, which doubled to a daily average of 2.4 million, Taiwanese security officials said.</p><p>China regards Taiwan as part of its territory and for years has been ramping up military, diplomatic and political pressure on the island to accept its claims of sovereignty.</p><p>Taiwan says cyberattacks have also increased as Beijing uses a range of &quot;greyzone&quot; methods to harass the island -- tactics that fall short of an act of war.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/1/1/taiwan-s-lai-says-island-must-show-determination-to-defend-itself-1210">READ: Taiwan&#x27;s Lai says island must show &#x27;determination&#x27; to defend itself</a></div><p>Most of the daily attacks received by Taiwan&#x27;s Government Service Network were attributed to China&#x27;s &quot;cyber force&quot;, the National Security Bureau said in a report on Sunday.</p><p>Defence, telecommunications and transport were among the top targets, with many of the cyberattacks &quot;effectively detected and blocked&quot;, it said.</p><p>&quot;The growing numbers of attacks pinpoint the increasingly severe nature of China&#x27;s hacking activities,&quot; the report said.</p><p>&quot;Its techniques have become increasingly sophisticated and covered a wide range of targets, such as government agencies, critical infrastructure and high-tech manufacturing industry.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/31/china-slams-groundless-claims-of-cyberattack-on-us-treasury-1729">READ: China slams &#x27;groundless&#x27; claims of cyberattack on US Treasury</a></div><p>Chinese hackers carried out Distributed Denial of Service attacks on Taiwan&#x27;s transport and financial sectors when Beijing held military drills near the island, &quot;intending to intensify the harassment effect and military intimidation&quot;, the bureau said.</p><p>Several countries, notably the United States, have voiced alarm in recent years at what they say is hacking activity backed by Beijing targeting their governments, militaries and businesses.</p><p>China has denied the allegations, previously insisting it opposes and cracks down on all forms of cyberattacks.</p><p>Beijing last week rejected accusations that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach at the US Treasury Department, calling the claims &quot;groundless&quot;.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Chinese hackers were involved in most of the cyberattacks against Taiwan last year, which doubled to a daily average of 2.4 million, Taiwanese security officials said.</p>

Chinese hackers were involved in most of the cyberattacks against Taiwan last year, which doubled to a daily average of 2.4 million, Taiwanese security officials said.

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Taiwan says cyberattacks double in 2024, China main culprit

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Published Jan 06, 2025 03:35 PM PHT

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