http://gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/cyber-attacks-neither-sanctioned-nor-condoned-by-government-1.1021135 By Gilbert P. Felongco Correspondent Gulf News May 10, 2012 Manila: The government technology arm has warned foreign as well as Philippine based hackers against vandalising Internet websites as it further cautioned that such actions could only serve to ramp up the conflict to more destructive proportions. The Department of Science and Technology's Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO), in a statement, said the defacing of foreign websites allegedly carried out by local hacker groups, was "neither sanctioned nor condoned" by the Philippine government, and thus must be stopped at the soonest. While the defacing of websites is an occasional occurrence perpetrated by miscreants, there had lately been a noticeable increase in attacks lately targeting Philippine government websites. On Wednesday, the latest sites to have been attacked were that of the Philippine News Agency (PNA) as well as the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). The attacker or attackers claim to be from China and that its action was aimed informing that a disputed sea territory in the South China Sea (West Philippines Sea) belongs to their country. Similarly, a separate group of hackers responded and claimed the contrary for the Philippines' behalf. [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Fri May 11 2012 - 01:10:06 PDT
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