Hong Kong Government Loses Laptops Containing Personal Data of 3.7 Million Voters

New submitter fatp writes: Hong Kong Free Press reports that the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) has lost two laptops containing the personal data of all 3.7 million voters after the chief executive election [on Sunday]. The REO said “the personal data was encrypted and there was no evidence that it had been leaked.” Only 1,194 people had right to vote in the election.

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