(Unsplash) House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-List Rep. France Castro wants the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) take on a more proactive role in protecting online assets of the government from...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) clarified on Thursday, April 4, that two terabytes (TB) worth of data were stolen in the latest cyberattack incident on the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) servers. MB FILE This was much lower than the previous report of...
(UPDATED) The Facebook account of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was confirmed to have been compromised again after it made unusual posts on Good Friday, March 29, marking the fourth time that the social media accounts and website of the agency were targeted by a cyberattack within the past three...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano assured consumers that the passage of the proposed Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) into law would help put a stop to the persistent problem of digital highway robbery. Cayetano, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, and...
Due to recent hacking incidents, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Friday, March 22, said it is better to be Over Acting (OA) and choose complicated passwords for online accounts. Photo from Pixabay "It's okay to be exaggerated when it comes to choosing passwords," NPC said in Filipino on...
The Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) warned netizens against what it referred to as “hijack profile scam” after monitoring rising cases of the modus in social media in the last four months. But what is it? PNP-ACG director Maj. Gen. Sidney Hernia explained that...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has finally regained control of its Facebook page three days after it was hacked. PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armando Balilo said they were able take control of their Facebook page at 5:45 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29 with the help of experts from the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) would not link the hacking of its Facebook account to its aggressive maritime patrol in the West Philippine Sea. PCG spokesman Rear Admiral Armand Balilo said the investigation is still ongoing with the assistance from the IT experts from the Philippine National...
The official Facebook page of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) appeared to have been compromised anew after netizens noticed it posted two successive unusual contents on Monday night, February 26. A quick look at the PCG Facebook page and netizens could see the clips from the movie “Enemy at the...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A man was hacked dead in Barangay Ilayang Ilog, this town, on Sunday night, February 25. Police identified the victim as Felix Pecito. Pecito was sleeping on a chair after a drinking spree when the suspect Manuel, 46, a farmer, also of Barangay Ilayang Ilog, arrived drunk and...
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. Photo from Pixabay "We're still verifying this report," DICT Assistant Secretary and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is investigating a potential hacking of its systems on Wednesday, Feb. 14. DepEd In a Viber message, the department emphasized that there is currently no confirmed report as verification is "ongoing." However, due to this report, DepEd has "instructed the field...
