The local government of Pasig is investigating a cyberattack on its Government Employee Management System (Pasig City GEMS), even though no data leak involving the system's contents has been recorded yet.It was reported that the cyberattack was detected on April 11 when city government employees...
(File photo from Pixabay)The Philippine Army (PA) confirmed Tuesday, Feb. 25, that it has identified the group that tried to infiltrate its cyber systems and illegally obtain military data.Col. Louie Dema-ala, Army spokesperson, refused to name the group but noted that a full-blown investigation has...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed on Tuesday, July 2, that one of its units had been targeted in a cyberattack but assured the public that the data breach affected "very few" individuals.(Photo from Unsplash)"There were reports earlier that DICT was...
NEW YORK â€" Cyberattacks on businesses are rising, including small businesses. It's a troubling trend because a breach can be very costly and time consuming if owners don't have a plan to deal with one.According to the Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, the median cost per...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday, April 4 advised the public not to worry after a cyberattack compromised two terabytes (TB) of data from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) server.Photo from Pixabay"There is certainly a reason for people to...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) finally recovered its official Facebook account on Tuesday morning, April 2, four days after it was hacked. However, concerns as to how the agency will prevent a "three-peat" of the incident are still aplenty.PCG spokesperson Rear Adm. Armando Balilo said the...
China has denied its involvement in the cyberattacks on the Philippine government websites, which were believed to be operating in China, and hit the "irresponsible" report made by "some Filipino officials."In a statement on Monday night, Feb. 5, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the Chinese...
Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, February 4 renewed her call for the government to strengthen the firewall system of all government agencies' website against possible cyberattack. This, after the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed it had blocked...
The Senate said on Tuesday, Oct. 17, that it recorded a spike in cyberattacks last Sunday, Oct. 15.This was according to Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr. He added that as soon as they learned about the hacking of the website of the House of Representatives (HOR), the upper chamber's team went on...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution asking the Senate to investigate the troubling series of hacking and data breach incidents on government websites. In filing Senate Resolution No. 829, Hontiveros said she finds it necessary to look into the current status of cybersecurity measures...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and even government and private hospitals should invest in strengthening their systems against cyberattacks as these occurrences poses a security risk issue. Sen. Pia Cayetano asks Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) officials...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced the reopening of its corporate website and member portal, effective 12 p.m., Friday, Sept. 29.Photo from PhilHealth Facebook pageThese vital public-facing systems are once again "operational and available" to the general public...
