In 2024, Taiwan's government network was subject to as many as 2.4 million hacker attacks per day, reported Taiwan's National Security Bureau (BBN). It added that China is said to be responsible for most of these operations. Beijing regularly denies such allegations.
The main target of attacks was the telecommunications sector, where there was a 650 percent increase compared to 2023. Attempts were also made to hit the transport and defense sectors. Most of these operations were “effectively detected and blocked,” Taiwan's National Security Bureau said in a report published on Sunday. “An analysis of Chinese cyberattack techniques in 2024.”
Taiwan. Hacker attacks
According to the services, hackers use “increasingly sophisticated” techniques to steal data and infiltrate government agencies, institutions and companies, including the technologically advanced manufacturing industry. Taiwan.
According to the Taiwanese authorities, Chinese hackers carried out, among others: DDoS attacks that aimed to disable websites and systems related to the transport and financial sectors while the Beijing army was conducting military exercises near the island. According to the National Security Bureau, these actions were intended to “intensify the effect of military harassment and intimidation.”
The AFP agency recalled that several countries, in particular United Stateshas expressed concern in recent years about hacking activities supported by the government in Beijing, which are aimed at, among others, in government institutions and armed forces in these countries.
Hacker attacks. China denies
Authorities in Beijing regularly deny involvement in such activities. They emphasize that they oppose them and fight all forms of cyberattacks.
The new spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiakun, refused to comment on the report of the Taiwanese services on Monday, claiming that it was not a question for the Ministry of Diplomacy.
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