Taiwan's Minister of Digital Development, Lin I-cheng, revealed on the 21st that Taiwan receives approximately 2.6 million cyberattacks per day on average, as reported by Taiwanese media. Digital Minister Lin views cyber threats as business opportunities and expressed a desire to connect related industries to the expansion of the international market.

According to Taiwan's Central News Agency, Digital Minister Lin, at a press conference held in Taipei City by the non-profit organization "Taiwan Digital Trust Association," which promotes the development of digital trust, stated that "Taiwan receives an average of approximately 2.6 million cyberattacks every day, and as a result, possesses a robust cybersecurity industry."

When he attended "RSAC," the world's largest international conference in the cybersecurity field held in the U.S. in March this year, he emphasized to participants from various countries that "Taiwan is an expert in researching China's APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) attacks." It is said that strong interest was shown by the participants.

Lin pointed out that "cyberattacks are a threat that must be confronted, but at the same time, they present a major business opportunity." He stated, "By utilizing Taiwan's robust cybersecurity industry, we aim to assist governments, critical infrastructure facilities, and private companies in solving their challenges, and furthermore, we wish to export Taiwan's experience to the world and connect it to the development of international markets."

On this day, the association proposed designating September 21st as "Taiwan Cybersecurity Day." This date has already been designated as "National Disaster Prevention Day," and the association's chairperson, Chan Ting-yi, expressed her enthusiasm, stating, "We want to extend the concept of disaster prevention to the digital world and build an awareness of 'digital resilience.'"

Taiwanese authorities, with cyberattacks from China in mind, conducted a drill during the annual air defense exercise in August, for the first time intentionally slowing down mobile communication speeds. This was to verify how citizens would communicate in various emergency situations if communication bandwidth became insufficient.

In 14 counties and cities in northern and central Taiwan, where approximately 70% of the population resides, services requiring high bandwidth, such as video calls, video streaming, and SNS images, became unavailable for the 30 minutes during which communication speeds were reduced.