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’s security service said government networks faced 2.4 million attacks in 2024, most of which are attributed to Chinese state actors

Taiwan suspects that a Chinese-owned cargo vessel damaged an undersea cable near its northeastern coast on Friday, in an alleged act of sabotage that highlights the vulnerabilities of Taipei’s offshore communications infrastructure.

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday that Chinese warplanes and warships had carried out the first "combat patrol" around the island of the New Year, after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te again expressed willingness to talk to Beijing.

China regards Taiwan as part of its territory and for years has been ramping up military, diplomatic and political pressure on the island to accept its claims of sovereignty. Taiwan says cyberattacks have also increased as Beijing uses a range of "grayzone" methods to harass the islan— tactics that fall short of an act of war.

A recent report from Taiwan's National Security Bureau says that cyberattacks against Taiwan doubled from 2023 to 2024, with most coming from China. The report says that hackers are using more sophisticated methods to access confidential information,

China's cyber attacks targeting Taiwan's government have surged to 2.4 million daily, doubling from last year.