Hong Kong organisations are easy targets for hackers, more cyberattacks expected this year, consultancy Kroll finds

Hong Kong organisations could be easy targets amid an uptick in cyberattacks expected in the second half of the year, according to cybersecurity consultancy Kroll, which blamed low awareness of how to monitor for threats and the city’s outdated data protection law.

“Hong Kong and the rest of APAC will be targeted, because historically we’ve had a lower maturity in cybersecurity and the bad guys are always looking for easier targets,” said Jackson, a two-decade veteran of the Hong Kong Police Force who left the force in 2010. The uptick in cyberattacks came after a relative lull, as attacks declined in part because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Jackson. A significant portion of financially motivated organised cybercrime originated in the region, he said.

In the second quarter, cyberattacks on healthcare organisation increased 90% globally from the previous quarter, according to Kroll’s Threat Landscape report published last week.

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