In a statement, BHW party-list representative Angelica Natasha Co said the debunked Comelec hacking claim “is an attempt to cast seeds of doubt in the minds of the public on an IT matter that is beyond their understanding.”
Agusan del Norte representative Lawrence Fortun said in a statement that the Manila Bulletin report was apparently erroneous as “[i]t appears now the alleged hacked files do not exist.”
In filing Senate Resolution No. 961, re-electionist senator Sherwin Gatchalian sought to direct the appropriate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, with the end goal of strengthening the legal framework to enhance the enforcement of Data Privacy Act, Cybercrime Prevention Act, New Central Bank Act, and other related laws.
Homegrown e-security firm Secuna, which claims to have the first and only cybersecurity testing platform in the Philippines, said its proactive approach protects government and private organizations from potential millions of pesos in losses caused by data leaks and system flaws.
Data management firm Cohesity recently released a new feature for its Threat Defense customers that enables any organization to improve security posture and reduce human errors in customer environments.
For the incoming new year, cybersecurity solutions provider Fortinet said it is anticipating the focus of exploits falling on work-from-anywhere setups, 5G-enabled edge, and satellite Internet off-planet.
New privacy commissioner John Henry Naga said the National Privacy Commission (NPC) is investigating whether BDO’s aging IT system had sufficient technical, organizational, and physical safeguards in place to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of personal information.
