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NGCP, NICA sign deal to boost defenses vs cyberattacks

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 12:00 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. witnessed the signing of an MOU between the NGCP and NICA to protect the country from cyberattacks. Read more »

US airport websites hit by suspected cyberattacks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 11 03:51 AM

The distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks hit the airport websites in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and St Louis. Read more »

Groups says crimes may increase with SIM registration

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 04:49 PM

The Computer Professionals Union said fighting scams like phishing, smishing, and vishing, don’t even require SIM registration. Read more »

Personalized spam messages? Could be a data breach - group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 12:07 PM

It is possible that a data breach or leak led to the spread of personalized spam text messages, a digital advocacy group said Thursday. Read more »

Global cost of cybercrime at $6T in 2021: defense firm

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 05:25 AM

One fifth of the total attacks was directed at Europe, a defense executive said. Read more »

NUJP says PH hackers group behind cyberattacks on news sites

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 02:38 PM

A group of Filipino hackers praised by NTF-ELCAC is behind the recent cyberattacks on several news websites in the country, an NUJP official said. Read more »

Probe sought on cyberattacks on news websites

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 04:43 PM

The Bayan Muna party-list wants the House of Representatives to investigate the reported rampant cyberattacks against media outlets. Read more »

Google says to protect Halalan 2022 sites vs attacks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 06:31 PM

The tech giant said it is inviting Philippine human rights, elections monitoring, and media organizations as well as individual journalists to apply for protection. Read more »

Investigation ongoing: DOST won't name agency linked to media cyberattacks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 06:05 PM

MANILA — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Thursday admitted it provided the IP address linked to the cyberattacks against 2 alternative news websites, but stopped short of naming the agency it was assigned to, citing an ongoing investigation by another government agency. Read more »

Cyberattacks sa alternative media, pag-atake din sa demokrasya: Journ prof

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 04:15 PM

MAYNILA - Dapat na ikabahala, hindi lamang ang mga dunong sa teknolohiya, ang nagaganap na cyberattacks sa alternative media organizations dahil ito rin ay pag-atake sa demokrasya.   Read more »

Alternative news websites hit by alleged state-backed cyberattacks: digital forensics

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 02:57 PM

Two alternative news organizations cried foul Wednesday after a Sweden-based digital forensics group uncovered a barrage of potentially state-backed cyberattacks against their websites. Read more »

US Senate passes sweeping bill to address China tech rivalry

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 09:46 AM

The US Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology. Read more »

Russia targeted Tokyo Olympics in cyberattacks: British gov't

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 20 02:19 PM

Russian military intelligence carried out cyberattacks targeting the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics originally scheduled to be held this summer with the aim of disrupting the events, the British government said Monday. Read more »

U.S., Britain call out Russian hacking spree, cyberattacks against Olympics

Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing, Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 10:19 AM

Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence, including attempts to disrupt next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Read more »

Expert stresses need for election resiliency as 'foreign adversaries' try to interfere in US polls

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 07:24 PM

Foreign adversaries have been trying to interfere with the United States’ 2020 elections, a US-based election integrity expert confirmed, stressing the importance of keeping the electoral system resilient to ensure the security and integrity of the elections. Read more »

Australia under cyberattacks from 'state actor'

Andrew Beatty, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 07:53 PM

Public broadcaster ABC cited "senior sources" confirming that China was believed to be behind today's ongoing attacks as well. Read more »