18,000 cybersecurity attacks reported to Hong Kong police in three months


Phishing attacks accounted for nearly 46% of the incidents, police said. — SCMP

Hong Kong police received more than 18,000 reports of cybersecurity attacks in the first quarter, with the number of incidents involving robot zombie computers seeing the greatest increase.

Phishing attacks accounted for nearly 46% of the 18,758 incidents logged in the first three months while malware reports made up another 29%, said Senior Superintendent Raymond Lam Cheuk-ho of the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau.

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