15 January 2026

China Wants To Switch Off Taiwan’s Critical Infrastructure

Jack Burnham
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The January 4 report, which closely followed China’s latest military exercise around the island, highlights Beijing’s growing preparations for a cyber-enabled economic warfare (CEEW) campaign to force Taipei’s capitulation without resorting to an all-out invasion.
China Seeks To Disrupt Service Delivery Across the Island

The report notes that Chinese cyberattacks against Taiwan’s critical infrastructure have increased 6 percent over the past year, including strikes focused on the island’s energy sector, hospital networks, telecommunicators sector, and government agencies. According to the NSB, China has intensively targeted industrial control systems to hijack the power grid, stolen health care data to sell on the dark web, and attempted to penetrate sensitive communications systems to spy on Taiwanese citizens. 

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