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(ECNS) -- The computer system of the Public Opinion Programme at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been hacked several times since May this year, according to an announcement by the university on Saturday.
Police said the hackers may have obtained the banking details, e-mails, home addresses and birth dates of more than 2,300 people.
The hackers altered the website's content at the beginning of May, but were later found to have gained access to personal data, the university said.
People in charge of the program have reported the case to local police and an investigation is underway.
PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed last week that several agencies in China's mainland and Hong Kong including the Chinese University of Hong Kong were targets of American cyberspying.
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