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Widex Hong Kong Hearing and Speech Centre and subsidiary Starry Hearing and Speech Centre say they were among outlets suffered a ransomware attack on July 5 that had encrypted their internal system data and impacted their applications.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data estimated on Nov 4 that about 148,000 customers and 30-50 current and former employees had been affected.
Widex is a Denmark-based company that was founded in 1956 and specialises in hearing aids and related services. Its Hong Kong branch was established in 1986 and is one of the first private institutions to offer hearing and speech therapy services in the city.
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