Taiwan cyber unit says it will not be intimidated by China bounty offer

Taiwan’s cyber forces will not be intimidated by China’s threats of a bounty for the arrest of 20 people Beijing says are Taiwanese military hackers, and China’s legal system has no jurisdiction on the island, its defence ministry said.

China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has over the past five years increased its military and political pressure against the island. Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims.

Last week, the public security bureau in the Chinese city of Guangzhou said the hackers were part…