Taiwanese media: Due to power outage, the Taiwan Air Force's "Operations Command" was unable to grasp the status of surrounding military aircraft manufacturers | Command Headquarters | Operations
According to a report from Taiwan's Zhongtian News on the 23rd, on the eve of the "Hanguang Exercise", the Taiwan military's "Joint Operations Command Center" and "Air Force Operations Command" were exposed on the evening of July 17 due to the negligence of the outsourcing manufacturer of the "Chinese Academy of Sciences", resulting in some circuit interruptions., Loss of some command and management functions, once unable to grasp the status of military aircraft in the air, for up to 10 hours.
On the evening of July 17th at 7:00 pm, the network administrator of the Taiwan Defense Department's "Zitong Dianjun Command Headquarters" discovered that after the automatic restart of the wave channel equipment on more than 30 platforms, there was a circuit abnormality. The network management immediately contacted the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which then contacted the outsourcing factory Xingtong for repair. During the repair process, more than 10 platforms experienced abnormalities and more than 120 circuits were interrupted.
According to people familiar with the matter, due to the interruption of more than 120 circuits, Taiwan's defense department, "Hengshan Command Post" and "Joint Air Operations Center" were all affected, and some systems and equipment failed. For example, the "Air Operations Department" was unable to grasp the dynamics of military aircraft in the airspace around Taiwan for a certain period of time that night.
According to professionals familiar with information security, the incident highlights two major crises for the Taiwan military. Firstly, contractors can directly load updated software onto military equipment without obtaining permission; Secondly, when the "Zitong Dianjun Command" discovered the abnormality, it was unable to determine where the problem occurred and could only notify the "Chinese Academy of Sciences" to handle it. The "Chinese Academy of Sciences" then contacted the manufacturer for further assistance