Lin Feifan: Taiwan suffers 2.8 million cyber attacks every day, and its defense experience is valued by Europe

Recently, there have been a series of cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration equipment and banks in Europe. Lin Feifan, deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council, said in an exclusive interview with China Central News Agency during the Berlin Security Conference that Taiwan suffers about 2.8 million cyber attacks every day. It is like a "perfect honeypot" and has accumulated a large amount of information security information. Its experience in the defense resilience of the whole society is increasingly valued by European partners.

The 25th Berlin Security Conference was held from the 3rd to the 4th. Lin Feifan was invited to participate in a number of discussions to share Taiwan's experience in promoting the defense resilience of the whole society to representatives of the European government, military and industry.

●Taiwan suffers 2.8 million cyberattacks every day and overseas cloud backup protects people’s livelihood

Lin Feifan said at the meeting that Taiwan has long faced Chinese military threats, as well as mixed threats such as damage to submarine cables and cyber attacks. Among them, Taiwan suffers an average of about 2.8 million cyber attacks every day, targeting government agencies, energy, medical and other critical infrastructure.

He quoted the National Security Council's security adviser as describing Taiwan as a "perfect honeypot" for cyber attacks. Honeypot originally refers to a system used in the information security field to trap hackers and observe attack techniques. Taiwan has been under attack for a long time and has been able to master a large amount of attack patterns and information security information. Lin Feifan emphasized during the meeting that Taiwan is willing to share relevant experiences with countries with similar philosophies.

Recently, there have been a series of cyber attacks on people's livelihood facilities in France and other European countries, including French supermarket refrigeration equipment being remotely controlled by hackers, causing abnormal heating and causing food to be scrapped. Cyber ​​attacks have actually affected the daily lives of European people. Accordingly, Central News Agency asked Taiwan how to prevent similar threats.

Lin Feifan said that in recent years, the government has established backup for critical people's livelihood systems through overseas cloud storage mechanisms to ensure that important data can be saved when a disaster occurs and to maintain the core functions and data availability of the system.

In addition, officials are also conducting comprehensive information security testing of various systems and are cooperating with allied countries to strengthen information security protection. In the future, they will continue to conduct verification to improve the resilience of key people's livelihood systems.

●Europe learns from Taiwan’s defense experience, urban resilience drill attracts international attention

Talking about why Europe pays more and more attention to Taiwan's defense experience, Lin Feifan told the Central News Agency that many European countries have found that Taiwan's situation facing China's military coercion is highly similar to Europe's facing the Russian threat. Therefore, they hope to understand Taiwan's response methods and find lessons from it.

Taking the urban resilience drills promoted in recent years as an example, he pointed out that Taiwan has simulated wartime scenarios to familiarize local governments and private units with crisis response procedures. This year, it also conducted network speed-down drills to test its response capabilities when communications are restricted. These exercises attracted international media attention and allowed European partners to see how Taiwan translates society-wide defense resilience from policy into practical actions.

Lin Feifan also revealed at the meeting that Taiwan plans to further strengthen the simultaneous integration of urban resilience exercises and the annual Han Kuang military exercises next year, allowing local governments and grassroots military units to jointly exercise under the same situation to test military-civilian coordination and crisis response capabilities.

The German negotiators were curious, how does the Taiwanese government make the general public have crisis awareness and defense resilience? At the meeting, Lin Feifan showed the "Little Orange Book" national safety guidebook that Taiwan has distributed to families across the country, explaining how Taiwan officials use disaster prevention preparations and emergency evacuation guidelines to improve people's ability to respond to crises, so that the defense resilience of the whole society can be implemented in every family.

"Leadership, transparency and confidence." Lin Feifan used these three keywords to explain Taiwan's core principles of promoting the defense resilience of the whole society. He pointed out that government leaders must face up to security threats, frankly explain to the society the risks they may face, and at the same time build the public's confidence in facing crises through specific preparations and drills.

He also emphasized many times at the Berlin Security Conference that effective deterrence of aggression requires the joint efforts of the international community. Taiwan and Europe can deepen cooperation in areas such as supply chain security, economic security, and civilian defense training to jointly prevent conflicts in the Taiwan Strait. But Taiwan will do its best to prepare for its own defense and will not just stand there and wait for other countries to come to the rescue. (Editor: Chen Huiping) 1151106