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The computer system of the Hong Kong Consumer Council was invaded by hackers. The hacker asked the Consumer Council to pay 500,000 US dollars (S $ 680,000) ransom on Saturday (September 23), but the Consumer Council vowed not to pay.

According to Hong Kong 01, the computer system of the invasion of the Consumer Council on the evening of the 19th was up to seven hours.The Employees of the Consumer Council found that the system could not be used as usual the next day (20th), and only realized that they were invaded by hackers and called the police on Thursday (21st).

Chen Jinrong, chairman of the Consumer Council, explained the incident at the press conference on Friday (22nd) that the hacker asked the Consumer Council to pay 500,000 US dollars with ransom before 11:20 pm.At this time, the amount will rise to 700,000.

The Consumer Council said that it will never pay the ransom and will fully cooperate with the police's investigation. I hope that the relevant persons will be rumored to the law at an early date.