Data Security

19 May 2013

Yahoo Japan suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its portal.

8:06AM

Firms should not use ID card numbers

26 Mar 2013

Privacy Commissioner Allan Chiang has an unenviable job; he is a toothless tiger trapped between growing public awareness of privacy and security, and data users and aggregators who do not want to...

3:28AM

Seven reasons why claims of PLA hacking fail the test

4 Mar 2013

Recently, a US company few of us had heard of gained instant fame for saying the People's Liberation Army was behind a lot of computer hacking. That may be. But the claims made by Mandiant should...

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Letters to the Editor, February 25, 2013

25 Feb 2013

It was shocking to see the woeful ignorance of the basic principles of security betrayed by Ms Regina Ip. For someone who was once secretary for security, not to have an understanding of...

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Letters to the Editor, February 21, 2013

21 Feb 2013

Without a law to protect homosexuals from discrimination, it is believed this minority group will suffer emotionally, especially in the workplace.

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China Digest, January 7, 2013

7 Jan 2013

The embezzlement trial of the former deputy general manager of a state-owned military contractor has begun at Beijing's No 1 Intermediate People's Court, the Beijing Times reports.

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

China Digest, November 21, 2012

State broadcaster China Central Television raised 15.8 billion yuan (HK$19.49 billion) on Sunday by auctioning off advertising spots for next year.

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What the local media says, November 17, 2012

Sunday, Apple Daily

Society chiefs accused of abusing government subsidy

4:45AM

Boom in bytes requires storage pros

Modern workplaces need more space - and lots of it. Not for new desks or meeting rooms or coffee machines, but for data storage.

9:09PM

Negligence suspected in HKU data theft

A huge loss of students' personal data at the University of Hong Kong last week may have involved staff negligence, the university has said.

8:46AM

Peace of mind for less than an office cleaner

Michael Gazeley enjoys fighting the bad guys. He's one of the best. Network Box, the company he founded in 2000 with business partner Mark Webb-Johnson, has won multiple international awards for...

3:11PM

Hospital loses data on 3,000 patients

Yan Chai Hospital has reported the loss of information on 3,000 patients to the police and privacy watchdog.

7:48PM