Taiwan blames Chinese ‘cyber army’ for rise in millions of daily intrusion attempts

Taiwan's National Security Bureau reports that China conducted an intensified, year-long cyber offensive in 2025 against government and critical infrastructure—averaging 2.63 million intrusion attempts per day—with increased focus on energy and hospital sectors; the campaigns used vulnerability exploitation, telecom and supply-chain intrusions, and included ransomware and data-theft operations correlated with Chinese military and political actions.