H-ISAC TLP White: Hacking Healthcare - Weekly Blog - December 4, 2025

This week, Health-ISAC®'s Hacking Healthcare® Hacking Healthcare examines newly amended provisions to China’s Cybersecurity Law. We identify some of the most significant impacts the new amendments will have, identify who should be paying attention to them, and finish with some specific considerations for Health-ISAC members.

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Amendments to China’s 2017 Cybersecurity Law 

For the first time since going into effect in June of 2017, China’s foundational Cybersecurity Law is being amended. Where the original law established the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) legal framework governing online activities, data handling, and network security, the new amendments lean into expanding Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control, heightening enforcement powers and extraterritorial reach, and strengthening the alignment between cybersecurity and Chinese national security policy.

View the detailed report below.