Aussie shares of 8VI Holdings slump on cybersecurity lapse

8VI Holdings

10/08/2021 06:49

** ASX-listed shares of Singapore-based financial data
provider  8VI.AX  fall as much as 10.54% to a 2-week low of
A$5.01    
    ** Co says a user illegally accessed the stock watch lists
and portfolio of number of other app users 
    ** Initial findings reveal that the user did not access
sensitive data - 8VI  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2PG1H4
    ** 8VI says will notify small group of users whose data may
have been accessed, legal action taken against perpetrator
    ** Incident has had no impact on ongoing ops as well as the
business in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Shanghai - 8VI
    ** Stock up 229% so far this year, as of last close 

 (Reporting by Aneetta Thomas in Bengaluru)
 ((Aneetta.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com))