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   Taiwan warns Chinese cyberattacks are intensifying   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:24:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Breaches and misinformation campaigns are up 17% year-on-year.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Chinas cyberattacks and misinformation campaigns against Taiwan are   
   escalating, as the Red Dragon looks to degrade public trust against the   
   government ahead of the Taiwanese 2026 local elections.    
      
   This is according to the Taiwanese National Security Bureau (NSB), who   
   recently presented a new security report in front of the countrys parliament,   
   The Record reported. As per the NSB, whose findings were cited by the local   
   media, government networks faced an average of 2.8 million intrusions every   
   day this year, up 17% compared to the year prior.    
      
   Besides intrusions, China is also engaged in a major misinformation campaign,   
   which includes an online troll army that spreads fake news via social media   
   and online forums.   
      
   Fake news    
      
   The majority of these intrusions were attributed to the countrys aggressive   
   western neighbor, who allegedly targeted critical infrastructure   
   organizations, such as defense, telecommunications, energy, and medical   
   institutions.    
      
   Beyond intelligence theft, these operations integrate dark web, internet   
   forum, and media channels to disseminate fabricated content, the NSB wrote in   
   its report.    
      
   So far, NSB found more than 10,000 social media accounts used for this   
   purpose, who distributed more than 1.5 million fake news posts. Many promote    
   a pro-China stance and lie about things like tariff negotiations with the US   
   and different domestic policies.    
      
   For years, China has been one of the most active threat actors among western   
   government organizations, next to Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Its groups,   
   such as Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon, APT41, and many others, were spotted   
   numerous times compromising telecommunications firms , healthcare, software,   
   and other organizations, with malware .    
      
   Their goals vary from cyber-espionage to disruption, but China has always   
   denied all involvements and any allegations. Instead, it dubbed the US the   
   worlds biggest cyber-bully and even accused the NSA of orchestrating numerous   
   attacks against its own critical infrastructure organizations.    
      
    Via The Record    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/taiwan-warns-chinese-cyberattacks-are-i   
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