The HKEx has been attacked by hackers before, but not on such a large scale. |
HK bourse website hacked Wednesday |
港交所新聞網(wǎng)站遭黑客攻擊 |
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) halted trading of several listed companies Wednesday afternoon citing "technical difficulties" with its news Web site likely caused by a hacking attack, Caixin.com reported. The news portal, which publishes listed companies' filings and financial results, became inaccessible around midday Wednesday. Seven Hong Kong-listed stocks and one bond, all of which released price-sensitive information earlier that day, were suspended from trading at approximately 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. HKEx's other systems were not affected and trading in its securities and derivatives markets continued to operate normally, officials at the bourse said in a news release. A preliminary investigation by the stock exchange's technical department attributed problem to hacking. But the source and purpose of the attack were not yet clear, HKEx CEO Charles Li said at a briefing Wednesday. "I want to emphasize that [hacking] is the current assessment," Li said. "Hopefully we can bring it [the site] back online as soon as we can." The HKEx has been attacked by hackers before, but not on such a large scale, Li said. Officials at the exchange used another site, www.bulletinboard.hk, to publish issuers' filings during Wednesday's outage. The news site had resumed operation Thursday morning, but a spokesperson at the exchange said the bulletin board will continue operation in parallel with the HKEx news Web site Thursday. |
由于香港證券交易所的新聞發(fā)布網(wǎng)站疑似受到黑客攻擊,發(fā)生技術(shù)故障,港交所周三將幾只股票債券停牌,新浪科技報(bào)道稱。 周三(8月10日)中午,供上市公司發(fā)布通告及業(yè)績(jī)文件的“披露易”網(wǎng)站發(fā)生故障,用戶無(wú)法讀取披露文件。當(dāng)日公布過(guò)股價(jià)敏感性信息的七只港股和一只債券當(dāng)天下午約1點(diǎn)半起停牌。 港交所的其他系統(tǒng)并未受到黑客攻擊,其股票及衍生品交易也正常運(yùn)行,港交所在聲明中稱。 香港交易所行政總裁李小加在記者會(huì)上表示,港交所技術(shù)部門(mén)初步評(píng)估是因?yàn)楹诳腿肭郑磺宄魜?lái)源和目的。 李小加強(qiáng)調(diào)故障來(lái)源于黑客攻擊僅是當(dāng)前評(píng)估結(jié)果,并表示將盡快維修披露易網(wǎng)站系統(tǒng)。 李小加介紹說(shuō)港交所此前也曾受到黑客攻擊,但規(guī)模均未超過(guò)本次。 昨天披露易網(wǎng)站發(fā)生故障時(shí),港交所啟用了臨時(shí)報(bào)告板(www.bulletinboard.hk). 周四上午港交所發(fā)聲明宣布披露易重啟服務(wù)。但港交所新聞發(fā)言人稱該報(bào)告板周四全天仍會(huì)與披露易一同雙軌運(yùn)行。 |
China's business press carried the story above on Thursday.