The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said on Monday, Oct. 27, that it has launched an investigation into a massive alleged data breach involving G-Xchange, operator of GCash, after a large cache of user data reportedly appeared for sale on a dark Web forum over the weekend.
The Philippines has officially joined the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime — the world’s first comprehensive global treaty aimed at combating crimes committed through information and communications technologies.
PLDT Enterprise has announced the upcoming launch of SmartSafe SilentAccess, a new authentication system designed to replace one-time passwords (OTPs) and prevent OTP-related scams.
The Philippines continues to rank among Southeast Asia’s most targeted countries for industrial malware, according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which warned of persistent threats to the nation’s operational technology (OT) systems.
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has raised the alarm over the growing sophistication of financially motivated cyberattacks in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, warning that rapid digitalization continues to attract eCrime groups targeting high-value industries.
According to Viettel Cyber Security’s Q3 2025 Cyber Threat Landscape Report, the country saw a 49% increase in data breaches from the previous quarter, with more than 52 million user credentials exposed between July and September 2025.
Extortion and ransomware accounted for more than half of all cyberattacks worldwide in the past year, according to Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report, which highlights a dramatic rise in financially motivated cybercrime and the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) by both attackers and defenders.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) placed government networks on heightened alert after its National Computer Emergency Response Team (NCERT) received “credible intelligence” about a coordinated mass cyberattack targeting government-owned agencies and institutions.
In its latest report, the CICC’s Threat Monitoring Center (TMC) identified 1,007 unauthorized gambling sites operating without accreditation from Pagcor. At least 146 of these were linked to illegal online sabong, which remains banned by the government.
