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CYBER3d ago2,000 customers of Hong Kong Airlines, 2 appliance shops, get scam calls after data breachAlmost 2,000 customers of Hong Kong Airlines and two electronic appliance retailers received fraudulent calls after their personal information was leaked by the companies, the city’s privacy watchdog has found. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said on Monday that it had received more than 40 inquiries and complaints linked to the suspected data leaks involving Hong Kong Airlines and the electronic appliance retailers Yoho and Broadway Lifestyle. “We have initiated...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 8Hong Kong students arrested as alleged core members of HK$2.16m fraud syndicateHong Kong police have arrested two students suspected of being key members of a fraud and money-laundering syndicate behind fake job advertisements, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales. The force said on Thursday that officers had arrested 10 people in an earlier operation targeting the syndicate, which had allegedly swindled victims out of more than HK$2.1 million (US$267,578). The suspects, five men and five women aged between 13 and 68, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 4Hong Kong woman loses HK$21.5 million in cryptocurrency scamA 60-year-old Hong Kong woman has lost more than HK$21 million (US$2.7 million) in a cryptocurrency scam after a fraudster posing as an investment expert she met online duped her. The clerk reported the case to police on Saturday, saying she had befriended an individual claiming to be an investment specialist on “Baby Kingdom”, a popular online parenting forum and community website, on March 15 this year, a source said. The fraudster duped her into investing on a fake cryptocurrency platform...South China Morning Post