Vice President William Lai says that Taiwan is the target of an average 30 million hacking attempts from China each month. Lai was speaking Friday during an address at HITCON 2020, a hacking conference being held in Taipei. 

Lai says that the attempts are uncovered by the 300 million anti-hacking scans conducted each month in Taiwan by both the public and private sectors.

The vice president says that President Tsai Ing-wen takes cybersecurity seriously. He says that Taiwan’s strategic position in the First Island Chain makes it a prime target for threats from China. 

Lai says that Taiwan’s semiconductor industry attracts the most hacking attempts. He says that Taiwanese industry source codes and manufacturing processes have long been particular targets of hackers.