‘China is worried!’ Taiwan ready for Beijing threat should Xi launch ‘information war’

But Nigel Inkster, former British Secret Intelligence Service’s former Director of Operations and Intelligence, says that China is “very worried” about the defence capabilities of Taipei and the West, despite China’s “relentless attempts to launch information attacks” alongside military incursions.

He said: “In terms of what China is doing now in relation to Taiwan, which the Chinese refer to as ‘Grey Zone’ activity, military incursions, areal and naval incursions, all of these are accompanied by a relentless series of cyber attacks. In particular, disinformation attacks.”

However, while Taiwan is able to cope with the majority of these threats, China is reportedly capable of launching vast numbers of attacks in a bid to overwhelm Tawian in the build up to an actual conflict. 

This is similar to what Russia has done with regard to its invasion of Ukraine, launching a “blizzard” of cyber attacks both in the build-up to and during the war it has waged on its neighbouring country. 

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1701661/china-taiwan-cyber-attack-beijing-nigel-inkster