Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-08-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Taiwans Ministry of National Defense
Affected country: Taiwan (Province of China)
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Taiwans Ministry of National Defense says its network was taken offline by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) incident for about two hours following a visit to the island from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.