Probe into 'hacking attack' on Next Media
Case reported to police after leaks involving senior executives and owner Jimmy Lai
Police are investigating a suspected computer hacking case in connection with the recent leaks of files and emails involving senior executives at Next Media.
The media group last night told police that the company's computer system had been invaded by hackers, which led to the emails being leaked.
Kwun Tong detectives are treating it as "access to a computer with criminal or dishonest intent", a police spokesman said.
No arrests have been made.
Mark Simon, a top aide of Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, on Tuesday revealed his accounts had been hacked, after emails were leaked the previous day revealing details of Lai's support for pan-democrats. Simon said he had changed his passwords but hackers still managed to break in, according to a report in Apple Daily, part of Lai's Next Media group.
The resulting disclosure of emails between Simon and other executives made headlines.