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Hong Kong Exchanges hacked again
2011-08-12
Unidentified hackers staged a second attack on the HK Exchanges and Clearing reports internet site on Thursday a day after the HK stock exchange operator suffered an attack which forced it to postpone some share trading. Charles Li, Boss of HK Exchanges and Clearing, confirmed the second attack wasn't successful as the site's firewalls stopped hackers getting access to the site. Talking at a press lecture on Thursday afternoon, Li recounted the hacking attempt occurred at about 11am, about the same time as the prior day's attack, when the site generally sees the highest visitor traffic. Li was uncertain where the hackers were based, but confirmed that police and the shares watchdog, the Stocks and Futures Commission, were digging into both situations. In Wednesday's event, the market postponed trading in shares of 8 corporations that released price delicate info from dinner time. This came after hackers successfully infiltrated the HK Exchanges and Clearing reports web site which forestalled price delicate info including interim results headlines being uploaded. 7 of the corporations, including banking giant HSBC and Cathay Pacific Airways, have a mixed market valuation of 1.5 trillion HK bucks ( 192 bln bucks ).
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