During the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee, the hacker collective Anonymous64 announced on October 22 that it had breached several Chinese government agencies, military-industrial entities, and leading university websites. The group’s name references June 4, the date of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Defaced homepages displayed messages such as:
“Fourth Plenum ‘Fifteenth Five-Year Plan’ Scam: Elite Luxury While People Become Human Resources Trapped in Hell,”
and
“Only Without the Communist Party Can There Be a New China.”
China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has repeatedly accused Anonymous64 of having ties to Taiwan’s cyber forces—allegations that Taiwanese officials have firmly denied. Last September, Taiwan’s national security authorities accused Beijing of fabricating such claims as part of “cognitive operations” designed to incite anti-Taiwan sentiment and heighten cross-strait tensions.
In a statement posted to X, Anonymous64 said it had conducted four waves of cyberattacks, successfully infiltrating the Hebei Province Baoding Judicial Bureau, the Public Security Information Network, and three news outlets involved in China’s external propaganda campaigns. The hackers also claimed to have compromised Shenyang Ziwei Testing Instruments Company, a firm closely linked to China’s aerospace and defense industries, along with three additional suppliers in the power, renewable energy, and semiconductor sectors.
The group further reported breaching online forums at nine universities, including Fudan University, Central South University, and the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
Defaced sites carried slogans such as:
“No Communist Party, Only Then New China — No Lies, Want Truth; No Slavery, Want Freedom,”
and
“Blueprint Becomes Trap: Five-Year Plan Becomes Wealth Scheme for Elites.”
Anonymous64 also claimed to have obtained private communications among senior CCP officials, though it did not release any specific materials. The group’s statement concluded with the declaration “We’re back,” marking its first known operation since coordinated attacks on Chinese government and military websites on June 4 and 5 earlier this year.
Source: Central News Agency (Taiwan), October 23, 2025
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202510230154.aspx