More focus on prosecuting cybercrimes

Prosecuting departments are expected to attach greater importance to combating cybercrimes, a serious threat to national information security, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Figures released by the procuratorate show, between January and September, a total of 710 people were charged with cybercrimes, a year-on-year increase of 80.7 percent. The procuratorate also indicted 334 cases in the same period, up 82.5 percent.

Due to loopholes in the supervision system, such crimes, including cyberattacks, cyber fraud, cyber pornography and cyber gambling are on the rise, said Wang Songmiao, the procuratorate's spokesman.