By Yimou Lee
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments have increased by 17% so far this year compared to 2024, reaching an average of 2.8 million per day, data from the National Security Bureau showed.
The bureau warned that Beijing’s “online troll army” was seeking to sow discord among Taiwanese.
Taiwan has repeatedly complained about what it sees as China’s “grey-zone” tactics – from daily military drills to cyberattacks – at a time when Beijing is ramping up military and political pressure to force the democratically governed island to accept its sovereignty claims.
Taiwan’s Government Service Network received an average of 2.8 million daily attacks so far this year, up from 2.4 million in 2024, according to Reuters calculations based on a report by th