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Howeve, the Philippines chalked up the least number of threats at 26,080.

Based on the list released by the cybersecurity company, the most targeted in the region were Vietnam (17,847,857), Malaysia (8,267,013), Thailand (6,283,745) and Indonesia (4,931,367).

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor Felipe Medalla earlier told the media in an interview in Cebu City that GCash had already reimbursed from its own funds the money taken by the scammers, although it has not publicly acknowledged that a phishing attack had transpired on the e-wallets of GCash users.

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The e-wallet provider said “no preventive measures are too much if it is meant to protect all hardworking customers that placed their trust on GCash.”

Kaspersky recorded 77,092 phishing incidents in Q2 among its e-shop customers in the country from only 15,119 in Q1. This reveals a 409% surge in phishing attempts from April to June this year.

Filipinos, Malaysians, and Vietnamese Kaspersky users accounted for over half of the over 12 million phishing attempts logged in H1 2022.

Landbank has urged its clients and the general public to be wary of an online scam using Google Ads that is linked to a fake Landbank website.

The BSP urged banks instead to personalize SMS messages and emails for banking services and implement mandatory notifications for fund transfers exceeding a predefined amount.

The phishing rate in the Philippines from February to April this year is the highest percentage of phishing attempts in Southeast Asia.