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The city logged at least 450 compensated dating cases that targeted students last year. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong police warn over criminals preying on children in cybercrime, scams

Nine-year-old girl videotaped having sex with man after meeting on app in one case, with police stepping up warnings over cybercrimes.

Nine-year-old girl videotaped having sex with man after meeting on app in one case, with police stepping up warnings over cybercrimes

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TikTok faces crucial court hearing that could decide fate in US

57 minutes ago

Will US law banning TikTok prevail on secret government evidence?

14 Sep 2024 - 5:12AMvideocam

DJI says proposed US drone restriction could ‘harm public safety and economy’

The US House of Representatives bill aims to put DJI on a national security blacklist under the Federal Communications Commission.

11 Sep 2024 - 9:06AMvideocam

A DJI Air 2S drone in mid flight. Photo: Shutterstock

Malaysia scraps its loathed internet re-routing plan after public backlash

Insiders warn fallout from scrapped DNS policy could undermine government efforts to attract tech investments from major players like Nvidia.

9 Sep 2024 - 1:29PM

Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong sign cybersecurity deal to boost bay area ties

Innovation minister Sun Dong welcomes cross-border agreement amid ‘complex international situation’ that has put cybersecurity in spotlight.

8 Sep 2024 - 10:09PM

Who is Angela Bacares, the widow of ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’, Mike Lynch?

She lost her husband and 18-year-old daughter Hannah on a superyacht, and may still be liable to pay up to US$4 billion to Hewlett Packard.

8 Sep 2024 - 5:00AM

Late British tech CEO Mike Lynch and his wife Angela Bacares. Photo: @PakistaniIndex/X

Security ministry says Chinese jailed for giving railway data to foreigners

Ministry of State Security says Chinese vendor enticed by lucrative contract to gather data later identified as ‘intelligence information’.

2 Sep 2024 - 7:01PMvideocam

Opinion | Why failing to act wisely on AI risks ‘artificial stupidity’

AI is clearly here to stay, but as humans we must not get seduced into thinking that such technology will become the be-all and end-all.

30 Aug 2024 - 5:17PMvideocam

Chinese hackers exploited bug to compromise internet companies: security firm

Lumen said it assessed the hacking campaign in the US and abroad was carried by alleged Chinese government-backed group ‘Volt Typhoon’.

28 Aug 2024 - 1:58PM

US telecoms firm Lumen said Chinese hackers exploited a software bug to compromise several internet companies in the US and abroad. Photo: Shutterstock

Dutch regulator hits Uber with huge fine over driver data transfer

Uber, whose European headquarters are in the Netherlands, says it will appeal the fine.

27 Aug 2024 - 11:30AMvideocam

Uber has been hit with a record fine by Dutch authorities. Photo: Reuters

Man arrested for alleged theft of laptops from Hong Kong Productivity Council

Hong Kong Productivity Council says several laptops were suspected to have been stolen by outsourced personnel.

25 Aug 2024 - 12:04AM

Hong Kong police cut off alleged city-based Malaysian phone scam gang

11 people snared in crackdown on alleged international phone scam gang said to have operated from bases across city.

25 Aug 2024 - 12:18AM

Chinese universities alter course to meet country’s need for hi-tech workforce

President Xi Jinping leads the call for more trained-up professionals in AI, circuitry, quantum tech, cybersecurity and other hi-tech areas.

23 Aug 2024 - 10:00AMvideocam

China seeks to expand its hi-tech workforce, in both worker numbers and expertise, as part of a drive to be self-reliant in technology and underpin an innovation-driven economy. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion | Beyond tech, the US-China AI race is a tussle over ethics

From healthcare to weapons, the ethical frameworks the US and China develop will influence global norms and define standards in coming decades.

22 Aug 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Ride-hailing giant Didi sees record transactions in June quarter

Didi Global reported a 15 per cent jump in transaction value to US$13.5 billion, while orders rose 17 per cent to 3.9 billion.

21 Aug 2024 - 11:18PM

Outage of Microsoft Office alternative disrupts work day in China

WPS Office, developed by Kingsoft, was down for hours on Wednesday, frustrating users across the country.

21 Aug 2024 - 7:00PM

Opinion | Causal AI could give Hong Kong the leap it needs in AI governance tech

The analytical capability and transparency inherent in causal AI could give Hong Kong a solid advantage in AI deployment and governance.

21 Aug 2024 - 12:22PMvideocam

Unlike traditional machine learning approaches that focus on identifying statistical patterns, causal AI focuses on understanding the causal relationships between variables in a system. Photo: Shutterstock

‘Adversaries might exploit this’: why Philippine military is boosting security

The military says it is working to boost coordination with US, and has raised staff salaries and strengthened training on cybersecurity threats.

21 Aug 2024 - 11:26AMvideocam

China’s courier industry warned over spy threat amid national security drive

Ministry of State Security urges vigilance when sending and receiving goods, giving examples of document leak and biohazard threats.

20 Aug 2024 - 7:00PMvideocam

Iran to blame for hacks targeting Trump, Biden-Harris campaigns: US officials

Trump campaign and private investigators said Iran was behind hacking attempts; it is first time US government has assigned blame for attack.

20 Aug 2024 - 7:28AM

Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump in York, Pennsylvania on Monday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

BEA unit to hold fintech day in October to promote innovation

The inaugural Beast event will be held during Fintech Week in late October, which will allow start-ups and bankers to exchange ideas to build a tech ecosystem in the city, according to a senior BEA executive.

18 Aug 2024 - 12:30PM

Stephen Leung, group chief information officer of Bank of East Asia, said the bank’s Beast platform will hold its inaugural fintech day in October. Photo: Enoch Yiu

Hong Kong urged to fast-track privacy law reforms amid surge in data breaches

Expert says companies will invest more in cybersecurity if penalties are high.

15 Aug 2024 - 5:56PM

Opinion | Days of the Philippines’ dependence on the US are numbered

Instead of aligning with one superpower against another, the Philippines is bent on enhancing its own strategic agency in world affairs.

15 Aug 2024 - 10:21AMvideocam

HKMA, Cyberport collaborate on GenAI sandbox to support adoption in banking

The sandbox serves as a framework, with computing resources and supervisory guidance, to help banks test and build their GenAI applications.

14 Aug 2024 - 9:00PM

The AI-generated avatars of HKMA chief executive Eddie Yue Wai-man and deputy chief Arthur Yuen Kwok-hang at the GenAI sandbox launch on Tuesday: Photo: HKMA

TikTok leads tech grumbles over Malaysia’s new social media licence

TikTok Malaysia’s head of public policy urges government against taking top-down approach to moderating content on social media.

14 Aug 2024 - 1:30PMvideocam

TikTok is the first social media platform to take a public position on Malaysia’s planned regulatory tightening. Photo: AFP

Probe launched after 470,000 potentially affected in Oxfam Hong Kong data breach

Privacy watchdog says Oxfam Hong Kong reported incident on July 13.

14 Aug 2024 - 10:58PM

FBI investigating after Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran

FBI is also looking into alleged hack targeting Biden and Harris campaign advisers, The Washington Post reported.

13 Aug 2024 - 7:42AMvideocam

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Cybersecurity

From black hat hackers attempting to break into government computer systems, to white hat security experts working to crack and improve protections on popular internet browsers, cybersecurity affects us all. Every day hackers steal millions of pieces of personal data and, as former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed, sometimes it may be our own governments doing the snooping.

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9 September, 2024