China captured 62M internet attacks in ’19

BEIJING: More than 62 million samples of malicious computer programs were captured last year in China, with the United States accounting for 53.5 percent of all overseas attacks, according to the 2019 China Internet Network Security Report released by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (Cncert) on Tuesday.

“China should strengthen the protection of its critical information infrastructure and accelerate the construction of a cyberspace security guarantee system,” said Zhang Ping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, during the online Cncert Annual Conference 2020 on Wednesday.