A bad update by security provider CrowdStrike caused massive systems outages globally on Friday July 19. In the midst of the chaos, humorous memes flooded the Internet.
It is currently unknown to the public whether the website is under maintenance, experiencing unspecified technical issues, or undergoing a cyberattack.
On Sunday, March 24, a hacktivist known as "ph1ns" breached the websites of three companies owned by RYM Business Management Corporation, a business holding firm owned by the family of House speaker Martin Romualdez, who is the first cousin of Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Acer Philippines acknowledged that a security incident happened involving its third-party vendor managing employee attendance data. It assured the public that no breach or leak of any customer data occurred, and that customer data remains unaffected by the incident and are secure.
PNP ACG took down their website following a claim on Sunday, March 3, by the hacking group Philippines Exodus Security and Vend3tta from Philippine Cyber Mafia that they had managed to enter PNP ACG's systems and gained access to internal SQL databases.
As reported by vpnMentor earlier this week, cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password protected cloud storage database involving Filipino students and parents that contained 210,020 records, with a total size of 153.76 gigabytes.
A subdomain of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) website that appeared to be related to the Office of the Command Inspector General (OCIG) of the Communications, Electronics and Information Systems Service (CEISSAFP) was reported by the group Deep Web Konek to have been defaced Monday afternoon, Nov. 13.
A test subsite related to the ICT Literacy and Competency Development Bureau (ILCDB), the division of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) that develops, promotes, and implements ICT literacy and competency in the country, was detected to have been defaced by hackers in the early hours of Tuesday, Oct. 24.