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2 South Koreans arrested for spying for North

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 03:32 PM

Two South Koreans have been arrested on charges of stealing military secrets for a suspected North Korean agent who paid them in cryptocurrency. Read more »

BSP sanctions BDO, UnionBank over 2021 hacking

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 08:29 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has approved sanctions against BDO Unibank and UnionBank over the hacking incident that affected depositors in December last year. Read more »

3 'nag-aalok na i-hack' ang Smartmatic tiklo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 08:55 PM

Arestado sa raid at entrapment operation ang 3 na nag-aalok umano sa kandidato na i-hack ang Smartmatic system. Read more »

UP Twitter account hacked

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 26 05:57 PM

The University of the Philippines (UP) said 'unknown users' took over its Twitter account. Read more »

Group allegedly behind Smartmatic breach arrested - PNP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 26 05:05 PM

Police arrested a group of hackers allegedly behind the breach of the operations of Smartmatic, the technology provider of the upcoming May 9 polls. Read more »

N.Korea-tied hackers executed $620 mn crypto heist: FBI

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 08:44 AM

North Korean-tied hackers were responsible for a $620-million cryptocurrency heist last month targeting players of the popular Axie Infinity game. Read more »

NBI raids house of ex-Smartmatic employee

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 05:25 PM

The warrant was issued after Comelec and Smartmatic confirmed that a data breach occurred with the alleged involvement of Argana. Read more »

Pasig PIO’s Twitter account hacked

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 10 04:05 PM

The Twitter account of Pasig’s Public Information Office was hacked late Saturday evening, hours after Mayor Vico Sotto and his 2022 slate held a grand campaign rally. Read more »

Axie creator raises $150-M to reimburse cyberheist victims

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 09:21 PM

The $150 million fund raising was led by Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Sky Mavis said. Read more »

Smartmatic fires employee behind security breach

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 01 04:29 PM

Smartmatic has fired the employee behind the alleged security breach flagged by Senator Imee Marcos. Read more »

Comelec, Smartmatic, watchdogs to tackle 'security breach'

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 04:02 PM

Comelec chairman Saidamen Pangarungan said he was set to meet top officials of Smartmatic to discuss an alleged security breach. Read more »

DICT says working to protect May 9 polls web services from cyberattack

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 05:28 PM

The DICT said Tuesday it is working to ensure that the web services it is providing to the Comelec for the May 9 polls are safe from cyberattacks. Read more »

Smartmatic: System not hacked after Imee Marcos claim

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 07:04 PM

Electronic voting technology firm Smartmatic on Monday maintained its system was not hacked following the claim of Sen. Imee Marcos last week of a "serious security breach." Read more »

PPCRV: Alleged election-data breach unrelated to May polls

Mico Abarro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 10:10 AM

An election watchdog said the data supposedly compromised in January was mainly linked to the 2016 elections, not to the one this May. 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 »

Germany warns against Russia's Kaspersky software

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 15 09:34 PM

German cyber security agency BSI on Tuesday urged consumers not to use anti-virus software made by Russia's Kaspersky. Read more »

Official Kremlin website down amid war in Ukraine

Reuters
Posted at Feb 27 10:20 PM

The official website of the Kremlin, the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin, kremlin.ru, went down with hacker collective Anonymous claiming the attack. 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 »

How a woman's iPhone revealed hacking around the world

Joel Schectman and Christopher Bing, Reuters
Posted at Feb 17 06:42 PM

It all started with a software glitch on her iPhone. Read more »

Israeli cops used spyware to hack phones: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 07 05:59 PM

Police used Pegasus spyware to hack phones of dozens of prominent Israelis, including a son of former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, activists and senior government officials, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday. Read more »