HK: Shun Hing Group data breach affects 920,000 customers, 1.05m files encrypted in cyber attack
Hong Kong conglomerate Shun Hing Group confirmed that a March cyberattack compromised its systems, exposing data belonging to roughly 920,000 customers and resulting in more than one million files being encrypted by the attackers.
Why this matters: Nearly a million people now have personal data in the hands of whoever hit Shun Hing Group. A diversified conglomerate touches a lot of different businesses, which means the exposed records could cover a wide range of customer relationships and data types. The company has known about this since March. People affected deserve to know what was taken and what is being done. Large, established firms often have old infrastructure and scattered data — exactly the conditions that make breaches this big possible and responses this slow.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators
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