Before GCash came out with the statement that the issue was caused by “system reconciliation”, Manila Bulletin columnist Arturo Samaniego Jr., who was implicated recently by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as a hacking mastermind, again tried to muddle the issue by claiming in his Facebook post that the losses experienced by GCash users was due to a phishing attack.
Arturo Samaniego Jr., who used to hold the title as technology editor of the Manila Bulletin but is now the paper’s “senior technology officer”, is set be charged by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for orchestrating a series of hackings against government and privately-owned websites.
Purported “tech expert” and Manila Bulletin section editor Art Samaniego was the subject of criticisms from local netizens this week after claiming in an online interview that the right to free speech of controversial pastor Apolonio Quiboloy was violated when YouTube terminated the channels of entities owned by or affiliated with him.
