Justifiable for China to strengthen cyber security regulation

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0303/c90780-8856255.html

By Sun Ding
Xinhua
March 03, 2015

BEIJING, March 3 -- In light of successive revelations in recent years of 
spying scandals perpetrated by the United Stateswith its sophisticated 
hacking technology, it is justifiable for China to strengthen cyber 
security regulation amid growing technology trade between the world's two 
leading economies.

Last month, cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab unveiled a new surveillance 
and espionage technique mastered by the U.S. National Security Agency 
(NSA), evoking memories of shocking disclosure of its massive surveillance 
program that even includes eavesdropping on leaders of Washington's 
allies.

The "invisible sword" of cyber-hacking also targeted ordinary people as 
the NSA reportedly acquired contents of digital communications online from 
a number of U.S. technology and Internet companies.

It is shocking that technology giants including Microsoft and Apple, which 
have enjoyed a strong and growing presence in people's daily life and work 
across the world, were also part of the notorious surveillance program.

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