A massive cyberattack took down Taiwan's presidential office website before the controversial visit of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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An engineer from the Israeli company "Commun.it" uses his expertise in social media commercial analysis to identify networks of fake users during at the group's office in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv on January 23, 2019.
This detail was confirmed by Taiwan's digital minister Audrey Tang on Wednesday, Aug. 3.
Before the massive cyberattack, Tang had already announced the online breaches against Taiwan's government units, reaching more than 15,000 gigabits.
He added that cyberattacks in the country are roughly 23 times higher than the recent records, as reported by Fox News.
Taiwan Presidential Office Website Hacked Before Pelosi's Visit!
According to Wion's latest report, the presidential office's official website is not the only one affected by the massive cybersecurity breach.
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A participant looks at lines of code on a laptop on the first day of the 28th Chaos Communication Congress (28C3) - Behind Enemy Lines computer hacker conference on December 27, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The Chaos Computer Club is Europe's biggest network of computer hackers and its annual congress draws up to 3,000 participants.
Although the hackers behind the security breaches are not yet identified, authorities claimed that Russia and China are both behind the cyberattacks.
For the past few years, various reports stated that Taiwan's local websites had been subjected to numerous cyberattacks conducted by Chinese hackers.
These security breaches usually happen during critical events, such as elections, economic crises, etc.
As of press time, it is still unclear if the alleged China-backed cyberattacks are really connected to the visit of Pelosi.
Possible Reason Behind Cyberattacks Against Taiwan
Many critics claimed that the Chinese government possibly conducted cyberattacks to show their disappointment on the visit of Pelosi to Taiwan.
Then why is China against this important event? AP News reported that China and Taiwan are still in tension as the Chinese government claims that the country is part of its territory.
Now, the visit of Pelosi is allegedly seen by Chinese officials as the way for the U.S. to recognize Taiwan's sovereignty.
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Previously, Chinese hackers brought a new security threat that is similar to the so-called Cobalt Strike.
On the other hand, the U.K.'s official TikTok account was taken down due to alleged user data sharing with China.
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