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China's national security Ministry is
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accusing Taiwan of carrying out cyber
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attacks against China Hong Kong and maau
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it says a hacking group called Anonymous
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64 works for taiwan's cyber warfare wing
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and it's opened a case against three of
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the Ring's members now Louise watt is
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following this story for us from Taipei
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Louise what's taiwan's response to this
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accusation well the unit that's being
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accused that's the information
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Communications an electronic Force
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command under taiwan's Ministry of
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Defense they've said in the past few
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hours that their role is to protect
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cyber security in Taiwan and they say
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what China is alleging is simply not
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true now what is China saying well
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they're saying that since the beginning
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of the year a hacker group known as
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Anonymous 64 has sought to put out
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content in China on TV stations on
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websites on outdoor screens
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that denigrates China's political system
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and its policies and they've also posted
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photos and the names of two men and one
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woman who they say are active duty
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military personnel involved in this now
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despite what China says it's unclear who
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is behind Anonymous 64 or where it's
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based on X the social media platform
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there is an account under its name that
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says uh it's done several posts saying
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that it successfully carried out a
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series of cyber attacks in China on for
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example University and media websites
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now those cyber attacks supposedly
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mentioned to bet some of them likened
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Chinese president XI Jin ping to an
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emperor these are sensitive topics in
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China and these allegations come amid
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tense relations between China and taian
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just recently China um put out some
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guidelines that said that convicted
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DieHard Taiwan separatists could face
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death and analysts here in Taiwan see
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these latest allegations there's more
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Chinese pressure on Taiwan and let's not
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forget that Taiwan itself is one of the
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biggest targets of cyber attacks
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worldwide and the cyber warfare unit
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today it said that it's China that's
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working to disrupt Taiwan through cyber
