Taipei: Presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Taiwan on Saturday. There is discussion all over the world regarding this election. In view of the elections, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has expressed the possibility of an attack from China. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry also issued an alert regarding this on Tuesday. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory. He is opposing Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Along with China’s air strike, there is a threat of cyber attack on Taiwan. Therefore, to avoid this, Taiwan has also made tremendous preparations.
Millions (millions) of people have gone offline in Taiwan. Banks have been closed. Even the world’s most advanced semiconductor industry has come to a standstill at this time. Taiwanese officials and cyber security experts say that if China attacks, it will not only be limited to security forces and defense infrastructure, but will also effectively isolate Taiwan from the rest of the world.
Taiwan considers itself sovereign, while China considers it a part of itself. This feud has been going on for 73 years. Taiwan’s first contact with China occurred in 1683, when Taiwan was under the Qing dynasty.
If China attacks Taiwan, there will be a chip crisis in the mobile and auto industries around the world. In fact, 90 percent of the world’s advanced semi-conductors are made in Taiwan. Last year, Taiwan exported $118 billion only in the semi-conductor category. TSMC i.e. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company supplies chips to all the big companies of the world like Apple, AMD, Nvidia, ARM.
Last year, Microsoft had warned of the threat of a cyber attack from a group named Flex Typhoon. Flax Typhoon operates from China and targets Taiwan. The American tech giant company said that Flax Typhoon intends to reach out to different Taiwanese organizations for a long time, so that it can spy on them.
Semiconductor hub also in danger
“Since Taiwan is an island, it relies on undersea cables for all communication with the outside world,” said Huai-Jen Lee, Taiwan’s deputy digital minister. “The worst case scenario is that all our undersea cables are cut off. went.” “Satellite receivers will be installed at 700 locations throughout Taiwan to determine whether we can switch communications systems during a crisis,” he said.