DICT foils cyberattack vs. PCG, presidential admin emails
MANILA, Feb. 3 -- The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has foiled a recent cyberattack that targeted various government email addresses, including that of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the private website of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
At the Saturday News Forum, DICT Undersecretary Jeff Ian Dy said an investigation is ongoing but the threat had been "mitigated" after receiving an official report two weeks ago.
Dy said the DICT and Google believe at least three "advanced threat groups" were behind the attack, which he said could also be classified as "cyber espionage" as the motivation was to "gather information."
"Itong klase ng ganitong atake, ang ginagawa lang po nito ay magmanman. Hindi na...
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