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Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog breached privacy rules when the personal information of more than 470 people was leaked in a cybersecurity attack. Email alert system also failed to notify watchdog of attack last September, with council only learning about incident once US$500,000 ransom request was sent
Additional info - https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3262885/phone-apps-filter-spam-calls-hong-kong-users-found-compromise-their-data-watchdog?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1NsB74bYNbEqQJUdHwKx7cw898jILb3qOw0-2msrte1gmLCzVST84GeFI_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
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