TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan has launched a platform to help the public identify common cybersecurity risks and raise awareness of digital security.
“I hope that cybersecurity becomes a common language across Taiwanese society and part of our daily habits for dealing with the risks of the digital age,” Minister of Digital Affairs Lin Yi-jing (林宜敬) said at a press conference Monday launching the initiative.
Chan Ting-yi (詹婷怡), chair of the Digital Trust Association in Taiwan, said cybersecurity has become an issue of national security and that citizens must understand their role in the security chain.
“Society will have greater resilience against cyber threats when information literacy and digital immunity become part of people’s everyday lives and translate into collective action,” she said.
According to a recent National Security Bureau report, China launched an average of 2.63 million intrusion attempts per day against Taiwan’s critical infrastructure in 2025, targeting sectors ranging from hospitals to energy.
“Taiwan is a honeypot of the free world,” Lin said, referring to a decoy system designed to attract cyberattackers so security experts can study their tactics and develop countermeasures.
However, an analysis by the Taiwan Network Information Center showed that 58.5% of respondents never or rarely verified information they found online.
The Taiwan Cyber Day website features educational content on common types of fraud and emerging tactics. It also includes an interactive game that helps people understand how they respond to online scams and learn how to spot and avoid them.
Chen Hao-wei (陳浩維), Coupang’s chief information security officer, described the platform’s mission as “giving people a digital vaccine.” The website is a joint effort among the government, professional organizations, and private companies.
Tsai Yen-ming (蔡燕明), deputy commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, said cybersecurity is an important part of fraud prevention, adding that crime rings have increasingly used technology to step up their operations.
Take a step back before answering a call or clicking a link, Tsai urged.
The alliance chose Sept. 21, Taiwan’s National Disaster Prevention Day, as Taiwan Cyber Day to extend the concept of disaster preparedness and build a collective digital defense network, Chan said.
