DICT traces hacking attempts to China

Julie Aurelio 02/05/2024

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Saturday said that it had blocked cyberattacks from “within China” on the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa), and on the mailboxes of the DICT itself, the Philippine Coast…

Website of House of Representatives attacked by hackers

Luisa Cabato 10/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Another Philippine government website has been defaced by hackers. The website of the House of Representatives was vandalized before noon Sunday, Oct. 15, by a group calling itself “3MUSKETEERZ.” A troll face meme with…

Senate bill seeks to protect senior citizens from cybercrimes, scams

Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet 08/28/2022

MANILA, Philippines – A bill seeking to protect senior citizens from cybercrimes such as text scams. has been filed by Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada. In a statement on Sunday, Estrada said he filed Senate Bill No. 671 or…

Malacañang website containing historical records goes down

Zacarian Sarao 05/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang’s official website, which also stored the Presidential Museum and Library that contained the historical records of the Martial Law regime under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., had suddenly gone down on Monday.…

This footage of astronauts on the moon looks like it was filmed with a smartphone

AFP Relaxnews 10/24/2020

Around three years ago, NASA uploaded most of its film archives to its website and gave viewers free access. The agency put over 140 000 videos and photos in total onto the online platform. Using artificial intelligence,…

China launches website to report foreign spies

AFP 04/16/2018

China has stepped up its campaign against foreign espionage with a website in Mandarin and English encouraging people to report national security threats such as bids to “overthrow the socialist system.” The website, www.12339.gov.cn, launched by the…

Website calls on public to unite in fight against sexual abuse online

Steffi Kyle E. Nolido 12/12/2017

FAMILIES, schools, private industries and the government are called to work together in protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse online through helping develop a platform where children are safe and guarded. One platform is AlamBaU.ph, a…

IBP-Cebu eyes service improvements as it upgrades website

Intern 08/17/2017

REQUESTING documents like identification cards and certifications from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) may now be done online by its Cebu Chapter members through its upgraded website. IBP-Cebu Chapter President Atty. Mundlyn Misal-Martin said that…

‘Savage Girl’s cyberporn case sparks call for revival of death sentence

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/27/2017

The story of of the arrest of 23-year-old “savage girl” Liezyl Margallo drew so much outrage, and equal amount of hate, in the internet that many have started calling on the government to revive the death penalty…

Entrepreneurs urged: Embrace e-commerce

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/27/2016

Entrepreneurs are encouraged to take advantage of the country’s growing internet population and put up online platforms of their operations to scale up their businesses. Ma. Elena Arbon, Cebu provincial director of the Department of Trade and…

Orange Brutus’ Octoberrific New Offerings

Maurice Jitty Villaester 10/28/2016

THIS month, our homegrown fast food chain Orange Brutus is set to mark another milestone in history as they bring us not just one, but four new and exciting treats just for its loyal customers. From their new…

Website leaking voters’ data taken down

04/23/2016

THE website containing a massive leak on the personal details of millions of voters was taken down yesterday following coordination with the Philippines’ Department of Justice  and the US DOJ. DOJ’s Office of Cybercrime has already informed…

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