Cybersecurity
China’s Cabinet Stresses Cybersecurity After Data Leak
- State Council meeting discusses need to safeguard information
- Gathering follows largest potential hack in country’s history
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China’s cabinet stressed the need to bolster information security, following a huge leak of personal data that could be the largest cyber-attack in the country’s history.
A State Council meeting led by Premier Li Keqiang emphasized the need “to improve security management provisions, raise protection abilities, protect personal information, privacy and commercial confidentiality in accordance with the law,” according to the official Xinhua News Agency. These measures would allow the public and businesses to “operate with a peace of mind,” the report added.