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US official: A Chinese attack on Taiwan would be followed by massive cyber attacks on the whole world

2023-02-28 07:47:20Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

US official: A Chinese attack on Taiwan would be followed by massive cyber

A Chinese attack on Taiwan would be accompanied by massive cyberattacks on the West and the United States, a senior US cybersecurity official said.

The director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, Jen Easterly, said Monday that Washington and allied countries should prepare for China to create "panic and chaos" in cyberspace.

"A scenario of attacks on vital infrastructure in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan is unfortunately not far-fetched," Ms Easterly told an audience at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

The attack "could very well be intertwined with explosions in some gas pipelines, with massive pollution of our water systems, with interference in our telecommunications systems, with damage to our transportation centers," she added. "All these designed to incite chaos and panic throughout our country and to sabotage the mobilization of our military power and the will of the citizens."

US intelligence agencies and defense officials have warned that China is preparing plans to take Taiwan by force by 2027.

However, the top intelligence official in Washington said earlier this month that there is no indication that Beijing wants to implement these plans.

"We appreciate that China continues to prefer a peaceful unification with Taiwan," Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said at an event in New York this month.

But Ms. Haines signaled that this preference may be fading.
"I think the challenge is that they are becoming more and more pessimistic, or skeptical, that this is something they can achieve peacefully," she said.

Ms Easterly warned on Monday that Beijing's possible preference for aggression, and possible willingness to strike in cyberspace, was due to an increasingly bleak perception among Chinese leaders of Russia's "endless mistakes" in Ukraine.

"They have seen how Russia, perhaps out of fear of escalation, has refrained from attacking our vital infrastructure," she said. "I think they will be less restrained."

Despite significant concerns in the weeks and months before Russian forces invaded Ukraine last year, Moscow has so far avoided major cyber attacks on the West, focusing mostly on cyber activities against Ukraine and Ukrainian targets.

In the minds of Chinese leaders, however, Russia's restraint is a missed opportunity to weaken the West's resolve, Ms. Easterly said.

"In the event that the Chinese oppose Taiwan, they will make sure to affect the unity that has been created between the United States and our international partners, the unity that has been created within the United States," she said. "They are already causing us costs with attacks on our vital infrastructure, which will essentially help them to influence the will of the American people"./VOA


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