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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2019-11-27 14:27
Last updated: 2019-11-27 14:57The "Civilians International School" is said to be located in Yau Ma Tei. The database of the directly-funded elementary school Baoliang Bureau Chen Shouren Primary School is suspected of being hacked, and the number of people affected may reach thousands.
Sources told "Hong Kong 01" that Chen Shouren sent an email to parents last night (26th), revealing that the day before (25th) a blog had been circulating to read the school's background analysis of the junior life in 2020/21, including the year of birth Distribution of housing estates in the month and area. Some parents questioned the incident or involved staff errors in the school, and even deliberately leaked information, frankly disappointed with the school's security work.
The school stated in the e-mail that it had immediately transferred relevant school data, commissioned a cybersecurity company to investigate and follow up, and found a way to steal the data. The school has reported the case to the police and notified the Hong Kong Personal Data Privacy Commissioner's Office.
"Hong Kong 01" has made enquiries with the Po Leung Kuk and the school about the incident and is awaiting a reply.
Baoliang Bureau Chen Shouren Primary School database was suspected of being hacked, and the number of affected people may reach thousands. (Profile picture)
Baoliang Bureau Chen Shouren Elementary School tuition is close to the people. The tuition for the 2019/20 school year is only about HK $ 19,800. In addition, the school will admit Chinese and non-Chinese students. It is known as the civilian international school; many graduates have been awarded Lasha College, Carmel Admissions from prestigious schools such as Middle School, Dewang School, Xie'en Middle School, Our Lady of the Rosary College, etc. The results of secondary school are satisfactory, so the school is very popular with parents.
As many as 7,300 students competed for Primary One places this year. Based on 165 Primary One places, about 45 students competed for one place.
Distribution of suspected information about the area where students live
Some parents disclosed that they received a notice from the school last night that they found a blog circulating the day before (25th) to analyze the background information of primary school students in the school's 2020/21 year. The level of detail involves statistics on the birth date of the students and the area where they live. The estates are distributed, but the school stated that there was no information such as the names of individual students.
The parent Mr. Guan (pseudonym) stated that Chen Shouren was a popular school, so he applied for her daughter, but because her daughter had been admitted to another more preferred school, she did not intend to enter Chen Shouren; however, he believed that Chen Shouren had thousands of enrollment each year. Coupled with the backing of the Baoliang Bureau as a school sponsoring group, I never thought that there would be security problems, "no reason to be meticulous," and questioned the incident or the staff involved in the school, and even leaked information deliberately. Security work was disappointing.
Po Leung Kuk Chen Shouren Primary School emailed the incident. (Provided by respondents)
The school stated in the email that the worry database was hacked, and the relevant school data has been transferred immediately, and the network security company has been commissioned to investigate and follow up. According to the notice of the network security company yesterday (26th), the way to find out the theft of the data was found. The school emphasizes that it attaches great importance to this matter, and has immediately arranged for a professional network security company to strengthen the school's original firewall to plug the relevant loopholes, and promised to do its best to avoid similar incidents in the future.
The school apologized for the incident and has reported to the police and notified the Hong Kong Personal Data Privacy Commissioner's Office.
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