CCP paired Taiwan drills with cyberattacks, cognitive warfare: NSBStaff Wirter, with CNATaipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) said that between Dec. 29 and Jan. 2 the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) paired military drills against Taiwan with information operations and cyberattacks, spreading more than 19,000 "controversial" messages and launching millions of hacking intrusions. Its written report on the drills and related security threats had already been delivered to legislators ahead of the committee session. In its report, the NSB said the CCP launched the drills to counter support for Taiwan from international democratic allies, divert attention from domestic problems and portray military strength as unaffected by anti-corruption efforts. The CCP used targeted drills against Taiwan to redirect public dissatisfaction toward nationalist sentiment framed as resistance to external interference, the agency said. The NSB said the drills featured compound threats including military and gray-zone coercion, cognitive warfare and cyberattacks, with "controversial" content concentrated on platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Threads and X.

Source: Taipei Times January 06, 2026 17:19 UTC