Taipei fears operations from Beijing after ruling party’s website was hacked
Financial Times
Date: July 98, 2018
By: Edward White
Taiwan is bracing for a surge in Chinese influence operations ahead of upcoming
A spokesperson for President Tsai-ing wen said Taiwan was ‘on the front lines of cyber warfare’ © AFP
elections after the ruling party’s website was hacked, in what experts said was the latest sign of Beijing’s willingness to exert power beyond its borders.
The Democratic Progressive party was probing how hackers breached the party’s website on July 3, a party official said. The source of the hack has not been announced but investigators believed it came from China, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The attack comes amid a jump in serious hacking incidents on the government and spreading of disinformation via social media ahead of local elections in November, Taiwan officials said.
The hack also follows allegations Russia used cyber tools to interfere in the 2016 US election and showed Beijing was using cyber operations to undermine the DPP, experts said — the party has traditionally favoured independence for Taiwan. [FULL STORY]