The report estimates that disruption of digital communications on Taiwan would cost the island’s economy $55.63 million per day or $1.69 billion per month. Undersea cables are not clearly protected under international law, making them vulnerable targets in a conflict. “For instance, the Pacific Light Cable Network is owned by Google and Meta and became ready for service in January 2022.” technology companies have made significant investment,” the report. “These landing stations connect high-capacity cables in which U.S. The report said Taiwan is connected to 15 undersea fiber optic cables that come ashore at three on-shore stations in Taiwan. Taiwan also is a central stopping point for trans-oceanic undersea cables that move internet and telephone traffic. The report said the effects of a conflict or Chinese blockade of Taiwan would impact every major economy and hurt the U.S.
The Reagan was deployed south of Taiwan in the Philippine Sea several days ago. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, however, has not made a passage through the 100-mile-wide strait as some U.S. Navy cruisers transited the Taiwan Strait on Sunday in a show of support for a key regional U.S. Tensions between China, Taiwan and the United States rose this month following the visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.Ĭhinese military forces carried out large-scale exercises that analysts say appeared to be preparation for an attack on the self-ruled island that China insists is part of its territory. “The data suggest that at least one Chinese entity, possibly a government-affiliated entity, is paying close attention to a variety of economically and militarily critical locations on the island.”
“The are comprehensive, and their locations are spread across Taiwan’s territory, including in areas that are sparsely populated,” the report said. headquarters and other service provider offices.Ī total of 2,397 government sites were included, including the National Security Bureau, the main Taiwanese intelligence agency and a village government office on Orchid Island, east of the main island of Taiwan. Information and communication technology targets include 550 potential sites, including telecommunication nodes and internet service providers and undersea cable landing stations, including Chunghwa Telecom facilities, Taiwan Mobile facilities, Qualcomm Taiwan Corp. The Chinese also have identified 341 transportation targets, including airports, train stations, and seaports. Listed were the Taiwan navy’s ammunition depot known as the Haifeng Brigade and the military police command headquarters. But spread among the database are the locations of key Taiwanese military facilities and public infrastructure that “are strategically important and vulnerable in a kinetic conflict,” the report said.Ī total of 183 sites were military, including bases, schools, and camps. The Chinese database contains 294,100 points of interest or potential targets in Taiwan, with latitude, longitude, postal address, telephone numbers and other information.
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2021 that targeted the United States, including the Mirai malware attack involving software that infected smart devices and turns them into remote “bots” that hackers used to launch large “denial of service” cyberattacks. The IP address was linked to multiple cybersecurity incidents between Oct. goods trade and digital trade with and through Taiwan in the event of a crisis in the strait,” the report said. “This evidence may indicate the kind of documentation PLA is gathering, and it underscores the risks to U.S. SEE ALSO: Chaos and deadly clashes in Baghdad as cleric al-Sadr leaves Iraqi politics Ltd., identified by cybersecurity analysts as a sham internet service provider operating over a million IP addresses for third-party users. The target points were identified by New Kite Data Labs, which obtained them from an unguarded Chinese internet protocol address owned by Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.