Online safety tips at Cyber Security Week
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AS Internet firms propel Chinese business to the next stage, cyber security must become a top priority to prevent a potential Achilles heel hindering rapid industrial development, officials said yesterday as China’s Cyber Security Week, the first event of its kind, got under way in Beijing.
Jointly held by top state-level departments, including the ministries of industry and information technology, education and public security, the event intends to help the public better understand Internet security risks and enhance their protective skills.
Since China connected to web in 1994, the Internet has profoundly changed the country’s way of life and business. Meanwhile, Internet security poses great challenges to national security, the economy, social stability and public interests, said officials.
China has the world’s largest number of Internet users but it still lags behind in the development of Internet technologies.
The country had about 632 million Internet users — half of the country’s population, as of June 2014 — with Internet companies’ total market value topping US$300 billion, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China.
Four of the world’s top 10 Internet companies by market value are in China: Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and Jingdong.
However, the country has increasingly become the victim of Internet hackers and cyber-terrorism in recent years, officials warned.
Low public awareness has caused great loss to finance and personal property. Last year, 11.35 million computers in the Chinese mainland were infected by Trojan horse viruses. Nearly 32 percent of 332 million Chinese making mobile payments have been attacked by phishing and other online scam attempts, with losses increasing fourfold in 2014 compared with last year.
Public participation is a key trait of the Internet era, so safeguarding Internet security requires active public involvement, said officials.
Cyber Security Week will feature a series of shows and lectures nationwide to popularize cyber security tips and protective skills.
Scenarios of computer virus attacks and debit card frauds in which unauthorized purchases are made, cash is withdrawn from accounts and personal information stolen, will be created at interactive exhibitions.
In a message of congratulations sent to the First World Internet Conference held last week in Wuzhen, in east China’s Zhejiang Province, President Xi Jinping urged better international cooperation, more respect for sovereignty on the Internet and for countries to uphold cyber security following the principle of mutual respect and mutual trust.
Xi, who also heads the central Internet security and informatization leading group, told a meeting in February that “cyberspace should be made clean” and “no Internet safety means no national security.”
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