China Accuses Taiwan DPP of Widespread Cyberattacks on Multi-National Targets

Chinese authorities have accused Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of supporting a cyberattack on a technology firm in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, involving rudimentary tactics such as phishing, brute-force password attacks, and Trojan horse programs. The alleged hacker group is said to have targeted over 1,000 key information systems across more than 10 Chinese provinces, including military, energy, transportation, and government networks, while masking their origin through VPNs and foreign cloud servers. Taiwan's National Security Bureau has rejected these accusations, accusing the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) of spreading disinformation to divert attention from its own cyber espionage activities aimed at destabilizing Taiwan's infrastructure. This exchange highlights the intensifying cyber conflict amid the broader geopolitical rivalry between China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, and Taiwan, which asserts its sovereignty. Both sides have engaged in a persistent blame game over cyberattacks, further straining already fragile cross-strait relations. The Chinese narrative emphasizes the political motives behind the attacks, while Taiwan underscores CPC's ongoing cyber operations against it.