Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-04-16 00:00:00
Affected organization: Hong Kong Broadband Network
Affected country: China
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Hong Kong Broadband Network, the city's second largest fixed-line residential broadband provider, discovers that an inactive customer database has been accessed without authorization. The personal data of some 380,000 customers, including details for more than 40,000 credit cards, were compromised in a cyberattack against the telecommunications company's database.