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7 parties reaffirm alliance with Lakas-CMD after House drama

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 03:04 AM

“This is a critical message at a time when the country is facing a number of challenges,” Romualdez said. Read more »

No breach in GCash despite unauthorized transactions: NPC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 09:44 AM

The recent unauthorized transactions in some GCash accounts were likely due to phishing and not because of a security breach, a National Privacy Commission official said. Read more »

GCash attack was 'meticulous phishing': Privacy watchdog

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Posted at May 24 05:12 PM

The recent unauthorized transactions involving GCash were due to a "meticulous phishing scheme" through gambling websites, the National Privacy Commission said. Read more »

Privacy body evacuates employees due to bomb threat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 06:06 PM

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Friday received a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of its employees. Read more »

Journalist presses Facebook for red-taggers’ identities

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 05:57 PM

In a novel move against red-taggers, a journalist sought to compel Meta to disclose information on Facebook accounts that red-tagged him. Read more »

NPC: No concrete evidence yet 1.2-M records were leaked

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Updated as of Apr 21 11:31 PM

There's no "concrete evidence" yet that more than 1.2 million records from multiple agencies were leaked, the country's privacy watchdog said Friday. Read more »

Privacy watchdog to discuss alleged breach with BIR, PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 11:15 AM

The National Privacy Commission has summoned government agencies linked to the alleged data breach for a meeting on Thursday afternoon, an official said. Read more »

China's Xi Jinping consolidates power

Mark R. Cristino, EPA-EFE
Posted at Mar 13 07:49 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Closing Session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China. Read more »

Brownouts may affect 1.3 million homes amid high fuel costs

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 04:41 PM

Over a million households, mostly in remote areas, may experience rotating power outages this year as the National Power Corporation struggles to pay its fuel bills. Read more »

SIM registration: NPC orders telcos to separate 'promotional' option

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 02:59 PM

The NPC told the country's telecommunication companies to create a separate page for their 'promotional' option in SIM registration. Read more »

NPC: Text scammers shift to 'new modus' as probe continues

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Updated as of Oct 01 04:24 PM

Text aggregators can send messages through clients and have access to a list of telco companies where they can send those. Read more »

Privacy body working with telcos to curb new text scam

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 04:33 PM

The Philippines' privacy watchdog is probing a new text scam wherein criminals disguise themselves and their mobile numbers as reputable institutions to steal personal information. Read more »

NSA Carlos OK sa panukalang gawing council ang NTF-ELCAC

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 08:48 PM

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Smishing scams link to gambling, crypto sites in HK

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 08:27 PM

The Philippines’ privacy watchdog has reached out to its counterpart in Hong Kong after SMS scams were traced to websites in the Chinese territory. Read more »

Int'l syndicate likely behind personalized text scam: DICT

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 04:47 PM

An international criminal syndicate may be behind the scam text messages that saw a surge in the Philippines recently, according to the DICT. Read more »

Privacy Commission vows to protect data amid text scams

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 11:28 AM

The National Privacy Commission vowed to protect the data of Filipinos as personalized text scams continue to rise. Read more »

Personalized text scam unlikely due to data breach: NPC

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 06:28 PM

Although the possibility of a data breach was not ruled out, initial information pointed out to other possible leads, the National Privacy Commission said. Read more »

NPC wants SIM card registration bill future-proofed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 03:15 PM

The country's privacy watchdog on Wednesday urged Congress to future-proof a bill mandating the registration of SIM cards. Read more »

Gov't agencies to tackle text scams

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 11:01 PM

Philippine senators are set to prove the rash of spam text messages that now specifically mention the names of their recipients. Read more »

Privacy body to meet PNP, NBI over 'personalized' text scams

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 02:37 PM

The National Privacy Commission will meet with the PNP and NBI this week as part of its probe into "personalized text scams." Read more »