Data of over 148,000 people leaked after ransomware attack on 2 Hong Kong hearing centres


Widex Hong Kong Hearing and Speech Centre and subsidiary Starry Hearing and Speech Centre reveal they fell victim to a ransomware attack on July 5. — SCMP

The personal data of nearly 150,000 customers and employees of two hearing and speech centres in Hong Kong has been leaked after a ransomware attack, the privacy watchdog has said.

On August 22, Widex Hong Kong Hearing and Speech Centre and its subsidiary Starry Hearing and Speech Centre revealed they fell victim to a ransomware attack on July 5 that encrypted their internal system data and impacted their applications.

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