台湾へのサイバー攻撃「１日５００万件」　中国の脅威高まる

【台北ＡＦＰ＝時事】台湾高官は１０日、台湾当局機関が１日約５００万件のサイバー攻撃を受けていると明らかにした。台湾国防部（国防省）は前日公表した報告書で、中国からのサイバー攻撃が増加していると警告していた。（写真は資料写真）
　台湾当局はこれまでにも、台湾が毎月数百万件のサイバー攻撃を受けていると指摘しており、うちおよそ半分が中国からとみられている。
　行政院（内閣）情報通信安全局の簡宏偉局長は議会で、台湾当局のネットワークが「１日に５００万回の攻撃やスキャン」を受けていると述べた。スキャンとは、サーバーの弱点を特定する試みのこと。
　台湾を主権国家とみなす蔡英文氏が２０１６年に総統に就任して以来、台湾は中国がサイバー攻撃を強化していると訴えてきた。台湾当局は昨年、中国のハッカーが少なくとも１０の当局機関に侵入し、約６０００件の電子メールアカウントにアクセスしてデータ窃盗を試みたと発表していた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/11/11-15:04）

Taiwan's government agencies face around five million cyber attacks and probes a day, an official said Wednesday, as a report warned of increasing Chinese cyber warfare targeting the self-ruled island.
Taiwanese officials have previously said the island faces millions of cyber attacks every month, with around half of them believed to originate from China.
Speaking in parliament, cyber security department director Chien Hung-wei said Taiwan's government network faces five million attacks and scans a day.
A scan in cyber security refers to an attempt to locate weaknesses in a server.
We are strengthening the government's defensive measures and collecting relevant data for analysis in a bid to stop the attacks when they are initiated, Chien told lawmakers.
Taipei has accused Beijing of ramping up cyber attacks since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen, who views the island as a sovereign nation.
Beijing views democratic Taiwan as part of its own territory and has vowed to one day seize the island, by force if necessary.
In a report released on Tuesday, Taiwan's defence ministry warned that China has been vigorously enhancing its cyber warfare capabilities as part of the strategy to bring the island to heel.
The ministry's information security and protection centre detected and handled around 1.4 billion anomalies from 2019 to August 2021 to prevent potential hacking, according to the report.
In July, Taiwan's police launched an investigation after the Line messaging app reported abnormal account activities to the authorities.
Local media said the hacked accounts belonged to high ranking officials in various government branches.
Last year, Taiwanese authorities said Chinese hackers infiltrated at least 10 Taiwan government agencies and gained access to around 6,000 email accounts in an attempt to steal data.