A Taiwanese official has told Sky News Australia Western assets around the world may be at risk, as Chinese hackers carry out millions of cyberattacks each day against the island nation.
He happily explains the significance of items guests find particularly striking - for me, it was the semi-automatic replica atop a cabinet.The Taiwanese legislator later shows me his favourite military cap; he picks it from the bottom row of a three-tiered rack along the wall.
His pride for Taiwan’s armed forces is evident from the off - but after a while speaking with him, I sense worry.“If we define a cyberattack as a war behaviour, we are under war now.As a member of the Foreign Affairs and National Defence Committee, he has detailed knowledge of China’s expanding cyber campaign against Taiwan.“This kind of attack, it happens every day, every second,” he said.
“Sometimes we remove it, sometimes we just leave it there because we don’t want them to know we have found, detected their attack.”“If it’s a war, spear and shield - offend and defend. “But Taiwan is a peaceful country, we don’t launch war with another country, even China.” Beijing claims Taiwan as its own and Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to “unify” by any means necessary.
“It’s not only a security issue about Taiwan, it’s related to our allies, we need to cooperate, we need to do this together because cyberattacks [are] across borders, so it takes efforts of cooperation across borders too,” he says. “It’s hard to tell if it is from Chinese actors or if these actors are sponsored or backed by the government,” she said.
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