How Taiwan is trying to defend against a cyber 'World War III' How Taiwan is trying to defend against a cyber 'World War III' Posted: Jul 24, 2021 12:00 AM Updated: Jul 24, 2021 12:00 AM Posted By: By Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and Gladys Tsai, CNN Business As China steps up military pressure on Taiwan, the self-governing island is preparing for the next big frontier of warfare: crippling cyberattacks. Taiwan's head of cybersecurity told CNN Business this month that it is using dramatic measures to guard against technological vulnerabilities — including employing roughly two dozen computer experts to deliberately attack the government's systems and help it defend against what Taiwanese authorities estimate are some 20 million to 40 million cyberattacks every month.