Report: Online fraud a threat to personal safety, social stability

New types of telecommunication and online fraud are posing threats to personal safety and social stability given the surging demand for mobile communications and devices, a new report said.

Released on Tuesday by Chinese social and gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd, the report noted that the blossoming of the mobile internet, artificial intelligence and other new technologies has created fresh avenues for fraudsters to breach data and target prospective victims.

"New types of fraud are developing features of industrialization, intelligence and internationalization. And there's also been the gradual formation of a dark internet industrial chain," said Zhu Jinsong, general manager of Tencent's security management department.