{"id":184934,"date":"2026-02-05T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/editorial-hong-kongs-innovation-goals-must-go-hand-in-hand-with-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:45:23","slug":"editorial-hong-kongs-innovation-goals-must-go-hand-in-hand-with-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/editorial-hong-kongs-innovation-goals-must-go-hand-in-hand-with-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial | Hong Kong\u2019s innovation goals must go hand in hand with cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/comment\/article\/3342327\/hong-kongs-innovation-goals-must-go-hand-hand-cybersecurity\">Editorial | Hong Kong\u2019s innovation goals must go hand in hand with cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/comment\/article\/3342327\/hong-kongs-innovation-goals-must-go-hand-hand-cybersecurity\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/comment\/article\/3342327\/hong-kongs-innovation-goals-must-go-hand-hand-cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-05 18:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.scmp.com\">www.scmp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Hong Kong is striving to become a \u201cfortress\u201d capable of defending the city from increasingly complex hacking attacks and sophisticated scams. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong pointed out at a cybersecurity symposium last month that the development of tech and protection from such threats must be achieved simultaneously.Two recent reports, concerning cyberattacks and data leaks, have highlighted challenges faced in Hong Kong as the world grapples with this growing problem. Data leaks reported to the city\u2019s privacy watchdog rose 21 per cent last year, compared to 2024. The office received 246 data breach notices in 2025, with hacking being the biggest component. The 81 hacking attacks worryingly constituted a 33 per cent year-on-year increase.Further evidence of the need for stronger safeguards was provided by the Hong Kong Productivity Council. It reported that cyberattacks in the city hit a record high last year. The council\u2019s chief digital officer, Edmond Lai Shiao-bun, warned that the global rise of artificial intelligence (AI) was posing new threats, making increasingly prevalent phishing cases more convincing and easier to perpetrate.Meanwhile, the growing use in the community of generative and agentive AI \u2013 which can automatically reply to emails or open websites \u2013 created fresh risks of confidential data being leaked.The Productivity Council\u2019s study also revealed a more than three-fold rise in cases relating to vulnerable computer systems, fuelled by a preventive operation conducted by a cybersecurity firm to check companies\u2019 systems and identify loopholes. There is much work to be done. Hong Kong\u2019s drive to become an international centre for innovation and technology must be accompanied by comprehensive efforts to protect systems from hacking and leaks.The government has sought to increase awareness and expertise, staging forums for professionals, stepping up broader public education and providing training. Efforts to improve management of government information systems through interdepartmental collaboration, drills and other protective measures are continuing.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial | Hong Kong\u2019s innovation goals must go hand in hand with cybersecurity https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/comment\/article\/3342327\/hong-kongs-innovation-goals-must-go-hand-hand-cybersecurity Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_editorial\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/02\/05\/ffc10cbd-9d76-46f9-b5e9-444fbd0a17be_f1f0b6f8.jpg?itok=6FWJ1EJj&v=1770289402","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[26,20,30,24,25],"class_list":["post-184934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-breach","tag-cybersecurity","tag-phishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184936,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184934\/revisions\/184936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}