Aernan Lubem
An official on Wednesday said Taiwan’s government agencies face around five million cyber-attacks and probes a day, as a report warned of increasing Chinese cyberwarfare targeting the self-ruled island.
Taiwanese officials had previously said the island faces millions of cyber attacks every month, with around half of them believed to originate from China.
Speaking in parliament, cyber security department director Chien Hung-Wei said Taiwan’s government network faces “five million attacks and scans a day”.
A scan in cyber security refers to an attempt to locate weaknesses in a server.
Chien told lawmakers that they were strengthening the government’s defensive measures and collecting relevant data for analysis in a bid to stop the attacks when they are initiated.
Taipei has accused Beijing of ramping up cyberattacks since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen, who views the island as a sovereign nation.
Local media said most of the hacked accounts belonged to “high ranking officials” in various government branches.
