Sunday, April 14, 2013

U.S. And China Will Work Together On Cyber Security

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meet at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Apr. 13, 2013.

U.S., China Agree To Work Together On Cyber Security -- Reuters

(Reuters) - China and the United States will set up a working group on cyber-security, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday, as the two sides moved to ease months of tensions and mutual accusations of hacking and Internet theft.

Speaking to reporters in Beijing during a visit to China, Kerry said the United States and China had agreed on the need to speed up action on cyber security, an area that Washington says is its top national security concern.

Cyber security, Kerry said "affects the financial sector, banks, financial transactions, every aspect of nations in modern times are affected by the use of cyber networking and obviously all of us - every nation - has an interest in protecting its people, protecting its rights, protecting its infrastructure".

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More News On The U.S. And China Agreeing To Work Together On Cyber Security

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China and the United States agree to create a joint cybersecurity working group -- The Next Web

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