The personally identifiable information of more than 13,000 employees and applicants was breached in an August 2023 cyberattack on Hong Kong's Cyberport, the South China Morning Post reports. Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner said approximately 400 gigabytes of data was stolen due to the Cyberport's alleged lack of data protection safeguards.
4 April 2024
Employee and applicant data affected in cyberattack
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