Taiwan Denies China's Allegations Over Hacker Group

Taiwan has refuted Chinese allegations that it's behind a hacker group that has been targeting China with posts attacking its political system.

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00:00China says it's investigating these two men and one woman who work for Taiwan's cyber

00:06warfare unit, over their alleged involvement in a hacking group targeting China.

00:13The country's national security ministry says the group, called Anonymous 64, has sought

00:19to put out content that attacks China's political system and policies.

00:25On the social platform X, the apparent group says it successfully attacked university,

00:30media and other websites in China, uploading posts that liken Chinese President Xi Jinping

00:37to an emperor and that also mention Tibet, both sensitive subjects in China.

00:44Taiwan's cyber warfare unit has refuted China's accusations that it's behind the group.

00:56Taiwan's cyber warfare unit says it's China that is working to disrupt Taiwan with cyber

01:08attacks, as well as sending military planes and ships close to the island that it claims

01:13sovereignty over.

01:15Analysts say the timing of the allegations is noteworthy, coming soon after China announced

01:21that what it calls extreme Taiwan independence supporters could face the death penalty.

01:27This is the very first case ever since China rolled out a new set of legal guidelines earlier

01:34this year, targeting the Taiwan, die-hard Taiwan separatists. So beneath the accusation

01:41of Taiwan's cyber attacks, this is a legal war waged by China against Taiwan to intimidate

01:49Taiwan people.

01:51China has already labelled some key government officials as die-hard separatists.

01:56And while China does not have any jurisdiction over Taiwan, cases like this one suggest it

02:02could be experimenting with new ways to pressure Taiwan.

02:07Justin Wu and Louise Watt for Taiwan Plus.