Nothing brings to light the spookily anarchic nature of the international order more than cyber warfare. It's happening all the time, in that ethereal realm of bits and bytes—poking, prodding, testing. We might picture this as state agencies tampering with other state agencies, but the reality is often far from it, as demonstrated by a recent report from cybersecurity company Proofpoint's Threat Research team (via Mynavi).
This research shows how Chinese state-sponsored cyber attackers have been targeting the Taiwanese semiconductor industry. And this in itself, I'm sure, isn't exactly news, but Proofpoint explains that this has been at an "elevated level" over the past few months:
