The President of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, will arrive in Taiwan in the next few hours. Photo: AP
A few hours after the arrival of the President of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, the The official Taiwan government page is down, the product of what is suspected to be a cyber attack. When trying to access the taiwan.gov.tw site, the answer is that a 502 error has occurred.
Pelosi’s arrival in Taipei generated strong reactions, both from China and Russia, who criticized the democratic leader. Beijing warned Tuesday that the United States would take “responsibility” and “pay the price” if Pelosi visits Taiwan, with Moscow giving it “absolute solidarity”.
According to official information, Pelosi has departed from Kuala Lumpur airport and is expected to land in Taiwan in a few hours. The government has decided strengthen security measures due to a bomb threat to Taoyuan International, which tried to “prevent Pelosi’s visit”, according to an anonymous letter sent.
The Taiwan government page gives a 502 error when trying to enter. Photo: Internet capture
The Airport Police reported that they had assigned a special team to ensure safety in front threatens that three explosive devices would be planted. In any case, the legislator was supposed to arrive at Songshan airport at night, which is used for civilian and military purposes.
The attention generated by Pelosi’s visit is such that the FlightRadar24 website, which tracks and shows in real time the position of flights around the world, collapsed this Tuesday after more than 300,000 users monitored the plane’s trajectory who transported the official.
Before the portal broke down, a message displayed to those attempting to enter ensured that the portal’s technical team he was facing cyber attacks against their systems.
“To prevent malicious activity as we continue to mitigate attacks on our systems, we have limited the number of actions per minute on the Flightradar24 website,” the text states.
Pelosi would be highest ranking US official to go to Taiwan since Newt Gingrich, at the time also President of the House of Representatives, did so in 1997 on a trip that also included a stop in China.
Source: agencies
Source: Clarin
