Hong Kong’s fire department has discovered a computer system breach that exposed the personal data of over 5,000 department personnel and hundreds of residents, marking the third data security incident involving the government in less than a week. The Fire Services Department (FSD) said in a statement on Monday evening that there was no evidence that the breach, caused by an unauthorised alteration of access rights during a data migration procedure by an outsourced contractor, led to the data being “released.” The data included the surnames and telephone numbers of approximately 480 people who…
