Business Maverick: China’s cabinet stresses cybersecurity after data leak

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China’s cabinet stressed the need to bolster information security, after 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 emphasised the need “to improve security management provisions, raise protection abilities, protect personal information, privacy and commercial confidentiality in accordance with the law”,to the official Xinhua News Agency. These measures would allow the public and businesses to “operate with a peace of mind”, the report added.

Earlier this week, unknown hackers claimed to have stolen data on as many as a billion Chinese residents after breaching a Shanghai police database. The purported theft of more than 23 terabytes of information has exposed potential data and security lapses and set the technology industry abuzz.

 

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