Hong Kong privacy watchdog warns against paying ransoms after Canvas hack (opens in new tab)

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has warned against paying ransoms to hackers after education management platform Canvas was targeted in a global cyberattack, compromising the personal data of 72,000 students and staff in the city. “If it’s the case that a ransom was paid, that is a practice that we would condemn,” privacy commissioner Ada Chung […]