Taiwan Han Kuang military exercises
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Taiwan launches major military drills to test command flexibility
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The National Security Bureau reported a six percent increase in cyberattacks in 2025 compared to the previous year.
At the beginning of 2025, Taiwan's National Security Bureau reported that the number of cyberattacks had increased by six percent compared to the previous year, reaching an average of 2.63 million attacks per day. This increase was noted to be 113 percent higher than in 2023, based on when the authority first published data.
The National Security Bureau stated that these attacks suggested a targeted attempt by China to specifically weaken Taiwan's critical infrastructure and disrupt or paralyze state and social functions. It was further reported that these cyberattacks were timed to coincide with military exercises as hybrid threats.
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The National Security Bureau first published data regarding daily cyberattack numbers in 2023.
In 2023, Taiwan's National Security Bureau first published data regarding the number of daily cyberattacks.