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Hong Kong tech crimes are dropping. So why is hacking becoming more lucrative?

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Hong Kong tech crimes are dropping. So why is hacking becoming more lucrative?
The number of reported technology-based crimes in Hong Kong dipped over the past year, but financial losses from hacking more than doubled to HK$62.6 million (US$8 million), prompting police to urge companies to bolster their cybersecurity checks. Carmen Leung Oi-lam, senior superintendent of the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau, attributed the surge in money lost, despite the overall drop in technology cases, to several high-value cyberattacks on financial institutions and...
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