Police arrest man on suspicion of stealing personal data of 56,000 patients
Hong Kong police have arrested a man working for a contractor commissioned by the Hospital Authority on suspicion of stealing the personal data of more…
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Hong Kong Hospital Authority apologises for data breach involving 56,000 patients
Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog and police are investigating a large-scale data leak involving more than 56,000 patients served by the Hospital Authority, which reported the…
Probe launched after Hospital Authority data breach involving 56,000 patients
Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog and police are investigating a large-scale data leak involving over 56,000 patients served by the Hospital Authority, which reported the unauthorised…
Sri Lanka arrests 152 in alleged Chinese-run cyberscam
Police in Sri Lanka arrested 152 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, on Friday for allegedly running a cyberscam operation out of a hotel in the island’s…
Hong Kong woman loses HK$2.5 million in online collagen drinks scam
A housewife in Hong Kong has lost nearly HK$2.5 million (US$320,500) in an online shopping scam after she tried to buy collagen drinks for HK$530,…
DeepSeek 12-hour outage leaves millions cut off, sparks complaints as rivals gain ground
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek suffered a prolonged outage overnight that extended into early Monday morning, disrupting service for hundreds of millions of users, according…
Iran-linked hackers open low-cost digital front as US-Israeli attacks mount
As they fled an Iranian missile strike, some Israelis with Android phones received a text offering a link to real-time information about bomb shelters. But…
Hong Kong prison department’s IT system hacked, 6,800 employees’ data compromised
A computer system containing Hong Kong prison employees’ personal data has been hacked, compromising the information of 6,800 current and former staffers. The Correctional Services…
Pro-Iran hackers say they breached FBI chief Patel’s email account, post personal files
A pro-Iranian hacking group claimed Friday to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old…
Job fears, security risks spark call for Chinese government ‘red lines’ in AI applications
Jiang Xiaojuan, former deputy secretary general of the State Council, said at the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference in Hainan province that precaution was…
More websites, mobile apps for children collecting personal data: study
A global investigation involving Hong Kong authorities has found that more websites and mobile apps designed for children are collecting personal data – ranging from…
iPhone spyware DarkSword hits Malaysia, exposing spread of sophisticated hacking tools
Malaysian users are among victims targeted by a newly uncovered iPhone spyware operation that researchers say was used by multiple threat actors across countries, in…