At the January 21 press conference of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, a reporter asked: The DPP authorities recently released a so-called “report,” claiming that in 2025 the mainland carried out “comprehensive hacking intrusions” targeting key critical infrastructure on the island. What is your comment?
In response, Peng Qing’en, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said: The DPP authorities are accustomed to fabricating rumors, making false accusations, and smearing the mainland. They do not hesitate to escalate cross-strait confrontation and antagonism in order to cover up their own inability to govern, divert public dissatisfaction with them, and seek political self-interest.
Peng Qing’en said: In fact, the DPP authorities repeatedly direct military intelligence agencies and cyber troops to carry out cyberattacks and sabotage against the mainland, and to disseminate and spread illegal and harmful information. According to statistics, in 2025 the relevant departments investigated and handled nearly 4,000 cyberattack incidents originating from the Taiwan direction, an increase of 25% compared with 2024. Their actions have focused on conducting attacks and stealing secrets in important industry sectors on the mainland such as transportation, finance, science and technology, and energy. Relevant departments previously have already uncovered and made public the criminal facts of cyberattacks carried out against the mainland by such involved organizations as Taiwan’s military “Psychological Warfare Brigade,” Taiwan Wangshi Research & Creative Art Company, and “Anonymous 64.” The DPP authorities’ so-called “report” is, in every sense, a case of a thief feeling guilty and turning right and wrong upside down.