Category: SCMP

China cracks another quantum code barrier. For how much longer is our data safe?
22
Apr
2025

China cracks another quantum code barrier. For how much longer is our data safe?

While the battle for high ground in artificial intelligence (AI) dominates global headlines, a team of Chinese researchers has announced…

22
Apr
2025

China cracks another quantum code barrier. For how much longer is our data safe?

While the battle for high ground in artificial intelligence (AI) dominates global headlines, a team of Chinese researchers has announced…

Editorial | Concerted effort will be required to fight scamming scourge in Hong Kong
22
Apr
2025

Editorial | Concerted effort will be required to fight scamming scourge in Hong Kong

The prevalence, scale and complexity of scams targeting Hong Kong people have become an epidemic requiring concerted action on all…

Pentagon faces ‘meltdown’ as Trump backs Hegseth amid second Signal chat storm
21
Apr
2025

Pentagon faces ‘meltdown’ as Trump backs Hegseth amid second Signal chat storm

Pete Hegseth’s former spokesman said the Pentagon has been overwhelmed by staff drama and turnover in the initial months of…

More than 800 students and staff members across 504 schools in South Korea fell victim to deepfake sex crimes in just one month. Photo: Shutterstock
20
Apr
2025

South Korea confronts unseen scars of AI sex crimes: ‘the law didn’t protect me’

When Ruma*, a graduate student in South Korea, received sexually explicit doctored images of herself via Telegram in 2021, she…

E-commerce head urges scam arbitration for safer online shopping in Hong Kong
18
Apr
2025

E-commerce head urges scam arbitration for safer online shopping in Hong Kong

An e-commerce industry leader has suggested that Hong Kong allow a popular quick payment operator to arbitrate online transactions amid…

‘It hurts deeply’: Nianli Ma, wife of cyber expert Xiaofeng Wang, speaks up over FBI raids
15
Apr
2025

‘It hurts deeply’: Nianli Ma, wife of cyber expert Xiaofeng Wang, speaks up over FBI raids

For the first time since the homes of computer science professor Xiaofeng Wang were raided by the FBI last month,…

SF Express Hong Kong stops sending parcel delivery SMS texts to combat scams
14
Apr
2025

SF Express Hong Kong stops sending parcel delivery SMS texts to combat scams

Major courier firm SF Express has stopped sending text messages to Hong Kong customers with self-pickup parcels and will only…

HKMA deputy chief executive Arthur Yuen will introduce measures to establish a comprehensive anti-fraud system for banks and their customers to prevent their money from being lost to fraudsters. Photo: SCMP
14
Apr
2025

Hong Kong to introduce 3 digital security measures to combat financial fraud

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will announce on Monday new measures to be implemented by banks to safeguard the…

In South Korea, digital sex crimes soar amid rise in AI, deepfake technology
11
Apr
2025

In South Korea, digital sex crimes soar amid rise in AI, deepfake technology

Reports of deepfake-related digital sex crimes in South Korea more than tripled in 2024, driven by the rapid development and…

Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s former director of Global Public Policy, arrives to testify before the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Photo: AP
10
Apr
2025

Ex-exec tells lawmakers Meta briefed China on US AI efforts, undermined national security

Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, accusing the social media company of undermining national…

Dalip Singh and his wife were defrauded of 34 million rupees over 10 days by criminals posing as federal law enforcement officials. Photo: Handout
09
Apr
2025

In India, cyber scams targeting elderly fuel digital safety concerns

Two recent cyber fraud cases involving retired Indian army officers – including an octogenarian cheated out of his life savings…