The latest report from the National Security Bureau pointed out that as of September this year, the average number of intrusions on my country's Government Network Service Network (GSN) per day reached more than 2.58 million times, and it has shown an upward trend since June. The total number of detections in a single month in July exceeded 100 million times. The National Security Bureau’s research and judgment does not rule out the possibility that the Chinese Communist Party will make preparations for intelligence collection and network intrusion in advance to intervene in the “nine-in-one” local elections at the end of the year. (schematic diagram)
[Reporter Wu Zeyu/Report from Taipei] China's intrusion into Taiwan is pervasive. The National Security Agency's latest report to the Legislative Yuan pointed out that the CCP continues to increase its efforts to intrude and harass Taiwan's network. As of September this year, the average number of intrusions on my country's Government Network Service Network (GSN) per day reached more than 2.58 million times, and it has shown an upward trend since June. The total number of detections in a single month in July exceeded 100 million times. The National Security Bureau has concluded that it is not ruled out that the Chinese Communist Party will conduct intelligence collection and network intrusion preparations in advance to intervene in the "nine-in-one" local elections at the end of the year. Relevant trends deserve great attention.
On the 22nd, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan will invite National Security Agency Director Cai Mingyan and others to present the "National Intelligence Work and National Security Agency Business Report" and prepare for questions. The National Security Bureau report pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party’s cyber army has long listed my country’s critical infrastructure as an attack target. In the first half of this year, it more frequently launched cyber harassment in areas such as academic research, telecommunications and defense supply chains, in an attempt to interfere with the government’s national defense policy, undermine Taiwan’s foreign cooperation relations, and steal smart technology. This shows that cyber attacks have covered different levels of government operations, scientific research and defense industries.
It is worth noting that the CCP’s Internet penetration methods continue to innovate. The National Security Bureau pointed out that it has recently been discovered that the Chinese Communist Party has combined artificial intelligence (AI) technology to carry out cyber attacks, including using AI proxy tools to automatically detect and scan the security weaknesses of our government websites in an attempt to improve the efficiency of network penetration.
The report further pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party has applied AI to different stages of cyber attacks, including target reconnaissance, zero-day vulnerability mining and social email attacks. It uses automated tools to speed up the attack pace and improve the efficiency of finding system weaknesses and penetrating targets.
The National Security Bureau emphasized that as of September this year, the average number of intrusions on my country's Government Network Service Network (GSN) per day reached more than 2.58 million times, and has shown an upward trend since June. The total number of detections in a single month in July reached more than 185.6 million times, exceeding the previous number of more than 173.28 million times in the first quarter of this year. In April, the National Security Bureau pointed out that it could not be ruled out that the Chinese Communist Party was laying the groundwork to interfere in China's end-of-year elections.
The National Security Bureau statistics on cyber hacking as of September this year. (Picture taken from National Security Bureau report)
Further analysis of cyber hacking data shows that there are three months in 2025 when the number of cyber hacks detected exceeded 100 million. First, it exceeded 100 million in April 2025, before the anniversary of President Lai Ching-te's inauguration, and peaked at nearly 300 million in May. Later, when Vice President Xiao Meiqin visited Europe in November, nearly 200 million hacks were also detected.
The pressure on our country's government networks to be intruded has gradually increased. According to statistics from the National Security Bureau, the average number of daily intrusions in 2023 was 1.23 million, in 2024 it was 2.46 million, and in 2025 it was 2.63 million.
The picture shows the National Security Bureau’s statistical network hacking situation in 2025. (Picture taken from National Security Bureau)
