Hong Kong's Hospital Authority reported a major data leak affecting over 56,000 patients in Kowloon East. The breach exposed sensitive information, including names, dates of birth, and surgical details, prompting apologies and an official investigation.

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog and police are investigating a large-scale data leak involving over 56,000 patients served by the Hospital Authority, which reported the unauthorised retrieval of a variety of information. The authority on Saturday apologised to affected victims – patients of hospitals in Kowloon East – for the breach that compromised their names, identity card numbers, genders, dates of birth, dates of hospital visits and details of surgical procedures, among other information. The....