Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-08-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: Government of Taiwan
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: Several websites run by the government of Taiwan are disrupted by DDoS attacks hours before U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the first high-ranking U.S. official in 25 years to visit the country.