The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) held a virtual press briefing on May 20, Tuesday, to refute allegations that it sat on the complaint filed by a foreign-based content creator who exposed a Cebu-based scam hub by posting a YouTube video, which became viral.
Local hacking group Philippine Exodus Security claimed they had infiltrated the mail systems of the Philippine Army and Philippine Navy, and had obtained highly confidential documents from the Department of National Defense (DND).
DeepSeek-R1, the latest large language model from Hangzhou-based AI company DeepSeek, has been taking the artificial intelligence ecosystem by storm. Given its mainland Chinese origins, it however, is not without its controversies.
DICT undersecretary David Almirol reported that the eGov Super App was not touched by hackers. What the attackers managed to do was to upload a file to a subdomain of the eGov website.
Philippine-based group Deathnote Hackers International has claimed to have breached a subdomain of the eGov PH website related to its E-Local Government Unit (eLGU) component through an upload vulnerability.
An actor going by the handle BitBanish has claimed that he has put the subscriber data of streaming service Vivamax up for sale on an international hacking forum last Friday, July 26.
The Government Energy Management Program (GEMP) system portal of the Department of Energy (DOE) was defaced late Saturday afternoon, July 27. The group Deathnote Hackers claimed responsibility for the defacement.
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.
