China's mainland official media reported that Taiwan's 'Information and Communication Electronic Army' organization had attempted to steal sensitive information from the mainland. The mainland's national security authorities have already seized dozens of the organization's cyberattack platforms and will hold them accountable for life.
According to CCTV News on the 22nd, the cyber army organization 'Information and Communication Electronic Army' operated by 'Taiwan independence' forces has in recent years disguised itself as multiple hacker groups. Through methods such as vulnerability scanning, password brute-forcing, and phishing email attacks, it has attempted to steal sensitive data and important intelligence information from mainland China.
The report states that Taiwan's 'Information and Communication Electronic Army' is an infamous cyber army fostered by the 'Taiwan independence' forces.
The report says that the mainland's national security authorities have seized dozens of cyberattack platforms used by the Information and Communication Electronic Army, and, in accordance with relevant regulations, will take necessary punitive measures and hold them accountable for life.
Du Zhenhua, a senior engineer at China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, stated in a program that the 'Information and Communication Electronic Army' is the so-called 'fourth branch' established by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in 2017. Its main responsibilities are to coordinate the cyber technology forces of the Taiwanese military, 'government', and even civil society, specifically targeting the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau regions with long-term cyberattacks and infiltration, in an attempt to steal sensitive data and intelligence information.
This June, Xinhua News Agency quoted a notice released by the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, stating that illegal cyberattack activities directed and carried out by Taiwan's Information and Communication Electronic Army are suspected of multiple violations and crimes, and so a reward was offered for the arrest of 20 members of Taiwan's Information and Communication Electronic Army.