Revellers at Ocean Park may be at risk if they connect to the theme park’s Wi-Fi network, a security firm has warned. However, a spokesperson at the theme park said that Wi-Fi is not yet available on the park’s grounds.
Ocean Park ranked fifth out of 15 tourist attractions where Wi-Fi connection presents high risk. Israeli security firm Skycure said that connecting to these networks may allow cyber criminals to capture personal and work information.
“Unfortunately for mobile tourists, the most magical places on earth can sometimes be the most dangerous,” said Adi Sharabani, CEO of Skycure.
On Skycure’s list, Ocean Park is just behind New York’s Times Square, Notre Dame Cathedral and Disneyland in Paris, as well as Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Skycure’s selections were based on Travel + Leisure magazine’s list of most-visited tourist attractions. Ocean Park was listed in its 2014 list.
The security company identified actual mobile threats from June 2014 to June 2015 within a 30-minutes radius of the attractions where tourists usually stay.
A spokesman for Ocean Park told Ming Pao that the park currently does not have a Wi-Fi network installed for park-goers and that the report was likely mistaken.
The spokesman added that Wi-Fi is expected to be installed in the fourth quarter this year.
In February, Ocean Park announced that it has partnered with Hong Kong Broadband Network to offer unlimited free high-speed Wi-Fi throughout the park. It pledged to bring Wi-Fi covering all areas of Ocean Park by the first quarter of 2016.
The safest attraction in the world, according to Skycure’s list, is the Taj Mahal in India. It structure limits connectivity to mobile networks, and mobile phones are also banned within the monument.
The research also said that Android devices are twice more likely to encounter dangerous networks than iOS devices.
