Beijing’s New Data Security Law Poses Risk to Foreign Firms: Analysts

A person works at a computer during the 10th International Cybersecurity Forum in Lille, France, on Jan. 23, 2018. Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images

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Foreign firms in China are now required to report network vulnerabilities to authorities under a new data security law. Analysts say this will help hackers working for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) with conducting cyber attacks for the regime.