Introduction -

The past decade has seen a huge increase in the incidence of cybercrime in Hong Kong. The number of cybercrime reports rose from 2,206 in 2011 to 16,159 in 2021. This trend has been exacerbated by the global pandemic, which has forced criminals on-line, with the number of cases in 2021 representing a 162% increase on the 2020 figure alone. The value of those crimes also increased twenty-fold between 2011 and 2021, rising from HKD148 million to HKD3.02 billion.