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HKU reports a suspected information theft case to the Police

17 Mar 2015

 

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) recently found that there was a weblink on a public website consisting of messages, images and email records owned or in connection with HKU and its staff members, related to donation matters and including personal data of some subjects.  The obtaining and disclosure of such information were made public without the prior consent of the University. In the days since then, HKU has reported the suspected information theft case to the Police, requested (successfully) that the files are removed from the public site, informed all the parties involved and taken steps to ensure that our security procedures are enhanced in order to reduce the risk of recurrence of similar information theft.