Lawmakers might bring back a part of the P300-million confidential fund removed from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Senator Sonny Angara said.
Digital activists supporting anti-government protests in Iran said they hacked an online broadcast by state television of a speech by President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
An alleged Chinese surveillance balloon over the United States last week sparked a diplomatic furore and renewed fears over how Beijing gathers intelligence on its largest strategic rival.
Ipinagmalaki ni Commission on Election Chairman Atty. George Garcia na 35,000 hackers ang nagtangka nitong nakaraang halalan ang kanilang naharang dahil sa napalakas na nila ang kanilang paglaban kontra hacker’s.
An army of volunteer hackers is rising up in cyberspace to defend Ukraine, though internet specialists are calling on geeks and other “hacktivists” to stay out of a potentially very dangerous computer war.
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday said more people turning to online transactions amid the pandemic should not drive the uptick in hacking activities and other attempts at digital thievery.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez cast doubts on the Manila Bulletin’s report about the alleged hacking of Comelec servers over the weekend, saying the information allegedly downloaded by hackers doesn’t exist in the poll body’s system.
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Sunday called on critics of the administration to be more vigilant against troll and hacking attacks on their websites, apps and even Facebook pages.
Finnish authorities said Friday they had traced a cyber attack against the country’s parliament last year to a hacker group associated with the Chinese government.
Norway’s parliament said Tuesday it had been the target of a “vast” cyber attack that enabled hackers to access the emails of some lawmakers.
