Risks growing for cybersecurity

Increased use of the Internet creates new challenges for govt, businesses

More action should be taken to safeguard cybersecurity since the country's Internet environment is facing an increasing risk of being attacked, government officials and experts said at an Internet media forum in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, on Friday.

Cybersecurity has become a serious challenge with the ceaseless emergence of Internet criminal acts, hacking attacks and leaks of private information, said Ren Xianliang, vice-minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country's top Internet regulator, during his keynote speech.