The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched a major new report at its Global Summit in Manila today, to help the sector’s stakeholders understand how cyber resilience is shaping the Travel & Tourism sector and plan for a safer and more robust future. The report, ‘Codes to...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s eldest daughter Aika asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the spread of a fabricated sex video claiming to be her on various internet sites and social media platforms. Aika Robredo (Photo courtesy of Leni People’s Campaign) In a letter...
mimecast Email security and cyber resilience company Mimecast Limited , has announced it is continuing its expansion in APAC by establishing an office in Singapore as a regional hub for focus on South-East Asia. The company has appointed Stanley Hsu as its Regional Vice President, to help improve...
CAMP BRIG. GEN. OSCAR M FLORENDO – Joint operatives of the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit (RACU) 1, RACU 4A, Basista Municipal Police Station, and Pangasinan Provincial Police arrested a woman caught in the act of getting money she received from an alleged extortion. Brig. Gen. Emmanuel B....
Vice-presidential candidate Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday, Feb. 14, filed a libel case against YouTube channel Maharlika for spreading false and malicious content that intends to inflict damage on him and his family. Senator Kiko Pangilinan files a third libel complaint against the...
About 45 Filipinos and a Chinese national allegedly involved in an online money lending scam were apprehended by operatives of the Philippine National Police - Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) in Barangay San Antonio, Pasig City on Saturday, Feb. 12. The PNP-ACG identified one of the suspects as...
The House of Representatives ratified House Bill (HB) 10689, a bill aimed toward combating "phishing," online fraud, and other forms of cybercrime following the recent spate of alleged phishing and hacking incidents involving Banco De Oro (BDO) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) . PIXABAY STOCK...
65227 Globe Telecom Inc. called for a stronger cybercrime law and the enforcement of the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Card Registration Act once enacted, to protect Filipinos from rampant fraud online. The telco prioritizes keeping its customers safe from phishing, one of the ways...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday slammed the reported hacking of teachers’ bank accounts by still unidentified “unscrupulous individuals” whom he said are concocting all kinds of methods to steal money via online and other digital means. Earlier in the day, the Teachers’ Dignity...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday pushed for the passage of a measure that would provide increased protection for bank account holders and consumers of other financial products. Poe made the call as her panel, the Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies, conducted a hearing on...
Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor has warned those behind the hacking of BDO Unibank accounts that they are bound to face economic sabotage as authorities are already discovering the identities of the perpetrators behind the cybercrime. "The act of breaking into a bank’s computer system and...
Three House of Representatives committees were asked on Monday, Dec. 13 to conduct a congressional inquiry into the reported fraudulent bank transactions that have allegedly victimized depositors of BDO Unibank Inc. House of Representatives facade Bayan Muna Representatives Carlos Isagani Zarate,...
