Hong Kong police recorded HK$3.6 billion (US$463 million) in technology crime losses in the first seven months of 2025, an 18 per cent increase year-on-year despite a decrease in the number of cases, as cybercriminals become more adept at identifying high-value targets using artificial intelligence. Rachel Hui Yee-wai, superintendent at the force’s cyber security and…
Hong Kong police recorded HK$3.6 billion (US$463 million) in technology crime losses in the first seven months of 2025, an 18 per cent increase year-on-year despite a decrease in the number of cases, as cybercriminals become more adept at identifying high-value targets using artificial intelligence. Rachel Hui Yee-wai, superintendent at the force’s cyber security and…
Hong Kong police have arrested 118 people in a citywide crackdown on online shopping scams involving losses of more than HK$5 million (US$636,940), largely linked to concert ticket sales amid a boom in the city’s live music scene. One of the cases involved a victim selling a clothes iron who was swindled out of HK$1…
Hong Kong police have arrested 118 people in a citywide crackdown on online shopping scams involving losses of more than HK$5 million (US$636,940), largely linked to concert ticket sales amid a boom in the city’s live music scene. One of the cases involved a victim selling a clothes iron who was swindled out of HK$1…
Five per cent of more than 90,000 critical infrastructure facilities in Hong Kong had “varying degrees of system vulnerabilities” last year, according to the cybercrime unit of the city’s police force. File photo: Sora Shimazaki, via Pexels. Credential leakage and compromise, hijackable subdomains, and exposed cloud storage were three critical and high-risk vulnerabilities identified in…
Hong Kong police have arrested 13 people in a crackdown on a syndicate that purported to sell concert tickets, with a victim losing HK$640,000 (US$82,200) in a single case for trying to buy 544 non-existent tickets for Cantopop king Andy Lau Tak-wah’s shows. Police intelligence revealed the fraudsters had been active since October last year,…
Police have arrested an advertising company boss who said he had successfully invited Spanish football giants FC Barcelona to Hong Kong but was rejected by the match venue and released the image of an allegedly fake email to back up his claim. The arrest of the man on Thursday came a week after organiser Winman…