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Subject: [ISN] China ramps up cybersecurity efforts, strives to become "Internet power"
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2014-02-28 9:07:43
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http://news.techworld.com/security/3504470/china-ramps-up-cybersecurity-efforts-strives-to-become-internet-power/
By Michael Kan
Techworld
28 February 2014
China is bolstering its efforts on cybersecurity with a new high-level
committee that aims to turn the nation into an "Internet power," the
country's official state media said Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is leading the new government body, which
held its first meeting on Thursday. Xi was quoted as stating that
cybersecurity and information technology had become a matter of national
security.
"Without cybersecurity there is no national security, without information
technology there is no modernization," Xi added.
Increasingly, China has found itself embroiled in cybersecurity issues.
Over the years, the nation has fended off accusations that it carries out
state-sponsored hacking attacks. Those allegations reached fever pitch
last year when a U.S. security firm claimed it had documented evidence
that China's military had spearheaded cyberattacks against the U.S.
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