The Information, Communications, and Electronic Force Command is denying
claims by Beijing's Ministry of State Security that it launched cyberattacks
targeting China's Internet infrastructure to push a "Taiwan independence"
agenda.

According to the command, China took pictures from the public domain to back
up its assertion that the four Taiwanese service members were behind the
alleged cyberattacks ..

.. and the claims are "an ungrounded fabrication aimed at intimidating the
Taiwanese public."

The command says its mission is to maintain information relating to national
defense and ensure cybersecurity, just like its counterparts in other
democratic countries.

The statement follows claims by China that the command works for "Taiwan
independence separatists," overseeing cyberattacks that include sending a
large number of phishing messages and propaganda to spread fake news on
"mainstream social networking platforms."

Beijing's Ministry of State Security says it has evident that the actions
orchestrated by the command were blatant attempts at pushing the Democratic
Progressive Party's "Taiwan independence" agenda targeting the social
networking app WeChat.