Security News > 2022 > August > Taiwanese military reports DDoS in wake of Pelosi visit

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense confirmed it was hit by a DDoS attack on Wednesday in what has been an eventful week for the island nation, US-Sino relations, and semiconductors.

The DDoS attack on the Ministry of Defense followed a separate one on Taiwan's presidential website on Tuesday.

The cyber incidents come after China sent 27 aircraft into the Taiwan air defence identification zone, and conducted live fire exercises by sea in six zones around the island as a show of force designed to reinforce its assertion that US speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit was a provocative act designed to encourage Taiwanese independence.

During the long stalemate over that matter, Taiwan developed a thriving chip industry on which the world is so reliant that US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently warned losing access to it would cause a deep recession in the United States.

The boss noted that if China were to act against Taiwan and damage the company's output, China would hurt itself as much as anyone else.

People claiming to be members of the group allegedly changed the website to include messaging welcoming Pelosi to Taiwan in retaliation for DDoS attacks on the Taiwanese Office of the President website.

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