Gov’t cyber office requests ‘urgent’ review amid reports of data breach

Hong Kong’s Digital Policy Office has requested that government departments using Oracle Cloud services conduct an “urgent” precautionary review, amid reports of a data breach, HKFP has learned.

The office, which oversees IT policy and digital security for the government, told HKFP on March 31 that it had noted reports of a possible data leak involving login credentials and ransom demands.

Last month, a hacker – using the…