US think tank lists Chinese cyberwarfare and Taiwan Strait conflict as top concerns for 2019

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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3599182

By Ryan Drillsma
Staff Writer
Taiwan News
2018/12/18

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- U.S. think tank Council on Foreign Relations 
released its 2019 Preventive Priorities Survey on Dec. 17, which lists 
Chinese cyberwarfare and potential conflict across the Taiwan Strait as 
top tier possible crises.

The report states threats to the U.S. homeland have been consistently 
ranked among top-tier concerns, but this is the first time potential 
conflict between China and the U.S. over Taiwan has entered the survey 
results.

While the threat of future terrorist attacks regularly tops the list, 
cyberattacks on U.S. networks have been an increasing concern over recent 
years. Sensitive information from over 22 million people was compromised 
after a Chinese state-sponsored hack on the U.S. government database in 
2014. Russia also gained access to Pentagon computers in the run-up to the 
2016 presidential elections via a Twitter hack.

While a possible cyberattack is listed as a "Tier I" concern for 2019, 
implying a high impact but moderate likelihood, conflict over Taiwan is 
listed as a Tier II crisis, which suggests a lower likelihood of 
occurrence.

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