Analysis: Taiwan Faces Growing Cyberthreats From China

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At Cybersec 2025, cybersecurity firm TeamT5 CEO Tsai Sung-ting tells TaiwanPlus that Taiwan faces increasing cybersecurity risks, with China's criminal and state groups posing the biggest threat.

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00:00In cybersecurity, what are some of the biggest threats that Taiwan is facing right now?

00:05Taiwan has been facing serious cyber attacks for more than 20 years.

00:10And because of our special relationship with mainland China,

00:16we have been facing, we call it state-sponsored attacks, for a long time.

00:23And this kind of attack is usually cyber espionage.

00:27The purpose of this kind of attack is stealing information, including all the secret data,

00:33all the data from the military, from the public sectors, critical infrastructure, and also personal data.

00:40And they also usually want to take control or penetrate into critical infrastructures.

00:49So this is serious attacks in Taiwan, and we have very frequently seen this kind of attacks.

00:56How to defend Taiwan against cyber crime and cyber threats?

01:00This is the big thing.

01:02It's not easy thing for most of enterprise and public sectors.

01:06But what I can say is, besides the fundamental cybersecurity things you have to do,

01:13I think all the enterprise or public sectors need to start to be aware of the importance of cyber threat intelligence.

01:21What is the intelligence?

01:23Intelligence means that you need to try to understand your enemy.

01:27You know, usually in cyber security, you have too many things to do.

01:33You cannot finish everything like in very short time.

01:36And so in the cyber security, prioritize your security task is important.

01:43But how to prioritize?

01:44So we suggest based on the understanding of the enemy.

01:49You said just now that the best way to defend Taiwan is to know the enemy.

01:53So who is the biggest threat to Taiwan right now?

01:58I think the biggest cyber threat in Taiwan, I think the first one is still all the attackers from China.

02:06Yeah, Chinese, they are not only so many criminal groups attacking Taiwan.

02:13I think because of culture, because of language, because of, yeah, it's easier for them to ransom, right?

02:20But besides the criminal, I think Chinese government, every year they invest more and more resources to grow,

02:29to have more capability, to have more cyber weapons, to have more people doing cyber activities.

02:42So I think this has been a big threat for Taiwan for many years, but in future still.

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