• BEA flagged two websites impersonating the bank with no affiliation, raising fraud and customer-data security risks.
• The bank urged anyone who shared personal data or made payments via the sites to report the incident to police.
• BEA reported the matter to the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

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