Whether it was a hack of TSMC or not isn’t the point.
Bloomberg
Date: August 5, 2018
By: Tim Culpan
I was at a hackers conference in Taipei a few years ago when I got talking to one of the
Taiwan has been the target of Chinese cyber armies for years. Photographer: Andrew Brookes/Getty Images
country’s leading cybersecurity experts. I wanted to know the state of play in the ongoing cyber war between Taiwan and China.
“There’s no war,” came the response. I was flummoxed. All day, stories had been flowing about attacks from China and the ongoing risks.
“It’s only a war if you fight back,” was the explanation. “Taiwan doesn’t fight back.”
For more than a decade, Taiwan has been ground zero for attempts to breach its computer networks. Beyond obvious targets such as political parties, government departments and national security apparatuses, many businesses have been attacked. In one breach, a major flat-panel display maker’s patent department was infiltrated, and all the evidence pointed to Chinese hackers. [FULL STORY]
