Taiwan says cyberattacks on government doubled in 2024, mostly from China
Security guards stand outside the Presidential Office Building in Taipei in May 2024. The National Security Bureau has accused Chinese cyber forces of a significant escalation in online attacks. © Reuters
TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million attacks a day, the island's National Security Bureau said, adding most of them were launched by Chinese cyber forces.
Taiwan has in recent years complained about what it sees as China's "grey-zone harassment" -- from daily military drills and balloons near the island to cyberattacks -- at a time when Beijing ramps up military and political pressure to force the democratically governed island to accept its sovereignty claim.
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