Chinese cyberattacks targeting Taiwan’s key infrastructure increased by 6 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year, reaching an average of 2.63 million attacks per day, according to Taiwan’s National Security Bureau.
The bureau said some of the attacks were coordinated with Chinese military drills as part of what it described as “hybrid threats” aimed at disrupting or paralysing the island.
Taiwan has repeatedly accused China of carrying out hybrid warfare in recent years. These actions include near-daily military activities around the island, disinformation campaigns, and cyberattacks, as Beijing increases political and military pressure on the democratically governed territory to accept Chinese sovereignty claims.
The security bureau said the average daily number of cyberattacks in 2025 was 113 percent higher than in 2023, when it first began publishing such data. Sectors such as energy, emergency rescue services, and hospitals saw the fastest growth in attacks, according to the report released on Sunday.
The bureau warned that the trend shows a deliberate effort by China to compromise Taiwan’s critical infrastructure and disrupt government operations and social systems. It said China’s so-called cyber forces often timed attacks to match military and political pressure.
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