'We're still verifying this report’: DICT on alleged hacking incident in one of DepEd offices

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Wednesday, Feb. 14 said the alleged hacking incident in one of the Department of Education's (DepEd) offices is currently under verification.

"We're still verifying this report," DICT Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Renato Aboy Paraiso said in a Viber message.

However, he noted that "we can say that we isolated our investigation to a regional office of the DepEd."

Meanwhile, the DepEd has instructed its field offices to conduct diagnostics and verify if there was indeed a hack.

"No report as of the moment as verification is ongoing," DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa said in a Viber message.

"We will provide information as soon as we get them from our Regional and Division Information Officers," he added.

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