Opposition bets Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Tuesday, Jan. 11, voiced their concern on the alleged hacking of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) servers and asked the poll body to ensure the integrity of the May 2022 elections for “the welfare of the people". Vice...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is now seeking a in-depth Senate probe into the online bank hacking incident and the spate of spam text messages that occurred late last year. Gatchalian, in filing Senate Resolution No. 961, said it is imperative that the Senate investigates the proliferation of...
A lawmaker on Sunday urged authorities to immediately arrest all the perpetrators behind the BDO hacking to know what may be their real motives aside from theft. Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor issued his take on the recent cybercrime incident by saying "until and unless the suspects are...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to ensure that financial consumers who were victimized by the recent online banking hacking incident are protected while its investigation is ongoing. Gatchalian said he is considering filing a resolution seeking a...
Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies chair Senator Grace Poe on Sunday urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to dig deeper into the online banking hacking incident that hounded BDO account holders, saying such incident need to stop in the face of the growing...
Cassy Legaspi is the latest celebrity victimized by social media hackers. Taking to social media, the daughter of Carmina Villaroel and Zoren Legaspi informed fans and supports that her Facebook page with 7.3M followers has been hacked. “Hi guys, Just wanted to warn you all that my Official...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, June 25, appealed to concerned agencies to be on the lookout for new mobile and online shopping scams. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo/Senate of the Philippines) Gatchalian said the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), National Bureau...
Senator Leila de Lima has sought a Senate inquiry into the reported data breach of sensitive court documents from the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), saying this has potential to cause serious problems in the ongoing judicial proceedings involving key government agencies. London-based...
Microsoft has said a state-sponsored hacking group operating out of China is exploiting previously unknown security flaws in its Exchange email services to steal data from business users. The company said the hacking group, which it has named "Hafnium", is a "highly skilled and sophisticated...
While the world was preoccupied with fighting the pandemic, new tech problems have surfaced that IT departments of schools need to face. While everyone was in a hurry to implement a new work from home scheme and new school learning arrangements, hackers were also busy exploiting holes in the...
