Bronze sculptures of bulls, the symbol of the Hong Kong stock exchange, at the Exchange Square in Central on 30 May 2019. Photo: Warton Li Bronze sculptures of bulls, the symbol of the Hong Kong stock exchange, at the Exchange Square in Central on 30 May 2019. Photo: Warton Li
Bronze sculptures of bulls, the symbol of the Hong Kong stock exchange, at the Exchange Square in Central on 30 May 2019. Photo: Warton Li
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Hong Kong Stock Exchange says its website was hacked while it halted derivatives trading to fix unrelated software bug

  • The open-access website of the HKEX was hacked yesterday, the second such cyberattack since August 2011
  • An unrelated software bug in the Genium INET trading platform, which forced the exchange to suspend derivatives trading yesterday, has been isolated and fixed

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Enoch Yiu
Enoch Yiu

Updated: 6:04pm, 8 Sep, 2019

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Bronze sculptures of bulls, the symbol of the Hong Kong stock exchange, at the Exchange Square in Central on 30 May 2019. Photo: Warton Li Bronze sculptures of bulls, the symbol of the Hong Kong stock exchange, at the Exchange Square in Central on 30 May 2019. Photo: Warton Li
Bronze sculptures of bulls, the symbol of the Hong Kong stock exchange, at the Exchange Square in Central on 30 May 2019. Photo: Warton Li
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