Chinese authorities issue bounty for hackers said to be linked to Taiwan
Chinese authorities accused Taiwan of organising, planning and premeditating attacks on key sectors. PHOTO: REUTERS
Chinese authorities issue bounty for hackers said to be linked to Taiwan
BEIJING - The public security bureau in the Chinese city of Guangzhou has put up an undisclosed bounty for more than 20 people it suspects carried out cyber attacks in China, the official news agency Xinhua said on June 5.
The authorities said the hackers were linked to the Taiwan government and named one of them as Ning Enwei. There was no information on the size of the bounty in Chinese state media.
Chinese authorities accused Taiwan of organising, planning and premeditating attacks on key sectors such as military, aerospace, government departments, energy and transportation, maritime affairs, science and technology research firms in China as well as in special administration regions Hong Kong and Macau, Xinhua said.
Taiwan's government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Xinhua, citing a cyber security report, said the Taiwan 'information, communication and digital army' has cooperated with United States anti-Chinese forces to conduct public opinion and cognitive warfare against China, secretly instigate revolution and attempt to disrupt public order in China.
Last week, authorities in Guangzhou, capital of the southern Guangdong province, attributed a cyber attack on an unnamed technology company to the Taiwan government, saying Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supported the 'overseas hacker organisation' responsible.
The accusation prompted Taiwan to blame China for peddling false information, saying it was China who was carrying out hacking against the island.
China views Taiwan as its own territory. Taiwan's democratically elected government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims.
Chinese courts and legal bodies have no jurisdiction in separately governed Taiwan, whose government has repeatedly complained about Beijing's 'long armed jurisdiction' efforts. REUTERS
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