Hong Kong watchdog warns of NFT, metaverse risks as top 2022 tech dangers amid rising number of phishing scams

• The HKCERT said that last year it handled 7,725 information security incidents, with 48 per cent being phishing scams, a 7 per cent increase from 2020
• In December, popular NFT project Monkey Kingdom, founded by entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, lost nearly US$1.3 million worth of cryptocurrencies