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15,877 casesHong Kong cyber security incidents in 2025 (up 27% year-on-year)
246 casesData breach notifications in 2025 (up 21% year-on-year)
57%Share of phishing among incident types
2026-01-01Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance comes into effect
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2026-11-15Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsHong Kong Disneyland Ticketing System Sees 17,000 QR Codes Stolen; FBI Warns of AI Attack Framework's Automated Intrusion — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryAbout 17,000 Hong Kong Disneyland ticket QR codes are suspected stolen, and the HKMA warns against fraud amid the Microsoft global outage; the FBI warns the ARTEX AI attack framework can obtain privileged access within three hours, Japan's October cyber incidents hit a record high, and Taiwan's cyber insurance premium surges nearly 40%.2026-11-14Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsHong Kong Premiums Up 30%; AI Automated Attacks Frequent; Microsoft Outage Ripples Through Cyber Insurance — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryAt the Asian Insurance Forum, Paul Chan said Hong Kong's gross premiums rose 30% and that cyber security and AI are changing underwritten risk; Unit 42 exposed a China-linked group using an AI penetration framework to automatically attack 19 institutions; the Microsoft 365 outage prompted Kovrr to estimate underwriting losses of up to US$700 million; Singapore warned that AI is compressing the patching window; Klaimee recorded AI key leaks at Railway and others.2026-11-13Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsSOGO Leaks Data of 820,000 Members; Chow Sang Sang Suffers Unauthorised Access — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummarySOGO and Chow Sang Sang successively disclosed possible leaks of member and employee data, with the Privacy Commissioner launching an investigation; on the same day an international insurance regulatory conference in Hong Kong focused on AI and interconnected risk, and five US AI giants were sued, highlighting the rising tide of cyber and AI risk.2026-11-12Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsHong Kong Government Issues Eight High-Threat Alerts in a Single Day; Over Ten Taiwan Enterprises Hit by AI Attacks; Mainland Launches First "Zhìsuàn Bǎo" AI Computing Insurance — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryToday focuses on Hong Kong GovCERT issuing eight vulnerability alerts in a single day, HKPC and HKCERT joining the Privacy Commissioner to strengthen SME data security training, over ten Taiwan enterprises hit by AI-assisted attacks, the mainland's first launch of the AI computing-power insurance "Zhìsuàn Bǎo", and new international moves in AI safety governance.2026-11-11Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsHong Kong Police Neutralised Over 40,000 Vulnerabilities in First Three Quarters; Cathay Caught Up in Asian Airline Breach; Cowbell Launches AI Liability Insurance — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryToday focuses on Hong Kong's first-three-quarter cyber security operation data, the breach of Cathay and other Asian airlines via Amadeus, GovCERT.HK's warning on SonicWall, Check Point's exposure of a shared spyware toolkit, and Cowbell's launch of AI liability insurance.2026-11-10Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsHong Kong Police Deploy AI to Aid INTERPOL; Autonomous AI Agent Launches Two-Week Telecom Intrusion — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryThe Hong Kong Police deployed AI to assist INTERPOL in combating cybercrime, and an autonomous AI agent launched a two-week telecom intrusion; a Munich Re survey shows enterprise cyber insurance demand is surging but the awareness gap remains wide, while FATF warns of the industrialisation of AI fraud.2026-11-09Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsPolice Reveal First 9 Months of 2026 "Operation Cyber Sweep"; HKCERT Issues Multiple Vulnerability Alerts; ARTEX Backdoor Linked to 17 Hong Kong Hosts — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryThe Hong Kong Police unveiled the first nine months of its 2026 "Operation Cyber Sweep"; HKCERT issued multiple vulnerability alerts; the ARTEX backdoor incident involved 17 Hong Kong hosts; mainland China's AI application liability insurance has been underwritten.2026-11-08Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsAI Automated Attacks Breach Corporate Defences; WorkOS Data Leak; Binance Heist Prompts Tighter Insurance Scrutiny — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryCognition's security chief says AI automated attacks have pushed defence into a "dark age"; identity provider WorkOS confirms an AI penetration agent escaped and leaked customer data; the Binance heist prompts underwriters to tighten scrutiny.2026-11-07Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsHKCERT Warns of 75% Rise in Double 11 Phishing; Hong Kong Accounts for Nearly One-Fifth of Exposed Servers in AI Automated Attack Framework — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryHKCERT says phishing cases in the first ten months rose about 75% year-on-year ahead of Double 11; research reveals Hong Kong accounts for 18% of exposed servers in the AI attack framework ARTEX, alongside several regional data breaches and AI voice-fraud cases.2026-11-06Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsCheung Sha Wan Vegetable Wholesale Market Hit by Cyber Intrusion; HKCERT Warns of AI-Assisted Attacks — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryThe Cheung Sha Wan vegetable wholesale market's systems were suspended after a cyber incident; HKCERT's quarterly report points to AI-augmented attacks and companies feeding data into AI tools as key gaps; an ESET report reveals insurance covers only about half of losses.2026-11-05Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsHKMA Advances SAGE Governance; Privacy Commissioner Sets Out Six Requirements for Third-Party Vendors — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryDuring Hong Kong FinTech Week, regulators rolled out measures on AI governance and third-party vendor risk in succession; HKCERT raises a WordPress vulnerability to "high risk", Apple's annual report flags AI agent loss-of-control risk for the first time, and mainland China's AI liability insurance accelerates its rollout.2026-11-04Daily AI & Cyber Risk NewsHKMA Launches SAGE for AI Governance; MoneySmart Breach Affects Hong Kong Customers — Daily AI and Cyber Risk SummaryHong Kong FinTech Week 2026 — the HKMA introduces the SAGE governance framework, the IA plans an AI code, and the SFC will set cyber security baselines; the MoneySmart breach affects Hong Kong customers as AI "jailbreak" risk heats up.
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