MANILA - The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday reported that an unknown entity has gained access to its official Facebook page.

In a statement, PCG said the unknown entity "did not leave any digital traces on the official email address and the mobile phone used by the CGPAS to establish a security key as an additional layer of online security protection."

The breach happened while the Coast Guard Public Affairs (CGPAS) was conducting a strategic communication plan workshop.

PCG Spokesperson CG Rear Admiral Armand Balilo also said the CGPAS has monitored two malicious short videos posted on the PCG Facebook page.

"However, when the CGPAS tried to delete the videos, the service was alerted with a forced switch account notification,"

PCG said it is currently using the Tanod Baybayin Facebook account. 

As of this posting, the two malicious videos are still posted on the PCG Facebook page.

On February 15, PCG also briefly lost access to its official X (formerly Twitter) account after it was briefly compromised.

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