Taiwan accuses Chinese hackers of aggressive attacks on government agencies
The Taiwanese government on Wednesday accused Chinese government-linked hackers of targeting 10 Taiwanese government agencies and 6,000 email accounts of officials in an escalation of Beijing’s long-running espionage on the island. Over the course of two years, Chinese hackers have infiltrated a variety of Taiwanese government offices in an effort to steal sensitive documents, Liu Chia-zung, an official in the Taiwan Investigation Bureau’s Cyber Security Investigation Office, said at a press conference. Liu conceded that with the breach of key IT infrastructure, at least some data may have been exposed. It is only the latest in a wave of suspected Chinese hacking campaigns to hit Taiwan, which China considers its territory. The Taiwanese semiconductor industry, a centerpiece of the global supply chain for smartphones, has also come under sustained assault from hackers that appear to be based in China, private researchers said earlier this month. And in May, Taiwan suggested that a broad […]
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