On August 2, Taiwan’s official government websites, the website of the Presidential Office, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the main government resource and the website of the Ministry of National Defense were damaged. In addition, the systems of the country’s largest airport were also cyber-attacked. The power of the attacks exceeded 15,000 gigabits, which is 23 times higher than the previous daily record.

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Taiwanese resources are not accustomed to cyber attacks. It’s usually done by Chinese hackers during election periods, but this time there have been multiple requests from Russia to disable websites, according to the Foreign Ministry. In total, up to 8.5 million traffic requests per minute were counted.

Cyber ​​attacks continued on 3 August. The criminals managed to break the board at one of the stations of the Taiwan railway and put a message there in simplified Chinese characters. In it, Nancy Pelosi was called the “old witch”.

A broken billboard in one of Taiwan’s train stations / Photo Facebook, Wang Hao-yu

The old witch’s visit to Taiwan is a serious challenge to the sovereignty of the Motherland. Those who actively welcome him will be condemned by the public. The blood ties of the same race are never separated. Greater China will finally unite!
– written on the screen.

After the examination, the station management confirmed that the screen was broken and stated that if the situation recurs, the power supply of the board will be cut off immediately.

Also, customers at several 7-Eleven supermarket locations across the country saw messages with a photo of Pelosi and the caption, “War merchant Pelosi, get out of Taiwan.” The management of the supermarket chain also confirmed that its stores were affected by the attack.

Screen broken by hackers in one of the stores of the 7-Eleven network / Facebook photo, Breaking News Commune

Screen broken by hackers in one of the stores of the 7-Eleven network / Facebook photo, Breaking News Commune