Cybersecurity incident — 2019-12-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: WebSAMS
Affected country: China
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Network Infrastructure
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Hackers break into WebSAMS (web-based school administrative and management system), a government system used by most of Hong Kong's schools, as a consequence eight schools are breached, with three of them reporting data leaks.