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Beijing says Anonymous64 ‘cyber army’ targeting mainland China is backed by Taiwan
Taipei information command denies claims as Beijing’s Ministry of State Security vows to ‘resolutely crush all separatist attempts’
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Yuanyue Dangin Beijing
Beijing’s top spy agency says it has identified a group of Taiwanese hackers it claims backed by Taipei’s defence ministry and is hacking websites on the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau to “defame” mainland China’s political system.
A hacker group called Anonymous64 is “a cyber army raised by the ‘Taiwan independence’ forces”, according to an article published by the Ministry of State Security on its official public WeChat account on Monday morning.
The “forces” referred to by Beijing’s top intelligence agency is the Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command (ICEFCOM) under the Ministry of National Defence in Taipei.
Beijing accused the command of “waging online ideological and public opinion battles against the mainland”. It comes at a time of significant deterioration in cross-strait relations, particularly after William Lai Ching-te became Taiwan’s new leader in May.
Lai, who represents Taiwan’s independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has been called a “separatist” and “troublemaker” by Beijing.
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