While the project aims to protect citizens by identifying the owners of SIM cards spreading scams, it does the opposite to Filipino mobile subscribers: exposing them to further risks such as number scraping attacks.
There is a problem facing any digital economy and the Philippines is no different as it delivers more services over digital channels in the years ahead.
To bolster cybersecurity, organisations need to be proactively hunting for threats to identify and stop adversaries before they can execute their attack.