Taiwan’s govt website hacked ahead of Nancy Pelosi’s visit
India Today
The website of Taiwan's presidential office received an overseas cyber attack ahead of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-governed island.
Amid rising tensions between the US and China, Taiwan has been facing a spate of targeted cyberattacks on its government websites.
This comes in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-governed island. According to reports, the hackers targeted the website of Taiwan's presidential office. There are speculations that China was behind the attack.
The website was shortly brought back online.
China on Tuesday warned the US that it would “pay the price” if Pelosi visited Taiwan during her Asia trip. China said that a US official's visit to the island would threaten peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and that it firmly opposed the separatist moves toward “Taiwan independence”.
"The one-China principle is the political foundation for China-US relations. China firmly opposes separatist moves toward “Taiwan independence” and interference by external forces, and never allows any room for “Taiwan independence” forces in whatever form," Wang Xiaojian, Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India, said in a tweet.
"A visit to Taiwan by Speaker Pelosi would constitute a gross interference in China’s internal affairs, greatly threaten peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, severely undermine China-US relations and lead to a very serious situation and grave consequences," he added.
Meanwhile, Taiwan also reportedly put its military on high alert and cancelled the leave of some officials and soldiers as it 'prepared for war' with China on Pelosi's reported visit.
