06 Aug 2020 (approximate)

“This is very much a state-based attack trying to manipulate Taiwan's standing and power, fundamentally damages a corporation's entire ability to do business. If you have a really deep understanding of these chips at a schematic level, you can run all sorts of simulated attacks on them and find vulnerabilities before they even get released. By the time the devices hit the market, they're already compromised. This is a way to cripple a part of Taiwan's economy, to hurt their long-term viability. If you look at the scope of this attack, pretty much the entire industry, up and down the supply chain, it seems like it's about trying to shift the power relationship there. If all the intellectual property is in China's hands, they have a lot more power.”

www.wired.com/story/chinese-hackers-ta...
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Chad Duffy

   Researcher

CyCraft (Taiwanese cybersecurity firm) researcher

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China hacking groups

Chinese hackers attacking Taiwanese chip firms

Hackers and cybersecurity

Taiwan economy

Taiwanese semiconductor industry