By Liza Soriano
MANILA — Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed Senate Resolution No. 923, seeking an inquiry into the recent cyberattack of hackers targeting Philippine government agencies.
The senator said that the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) announced that the hackers are believed to be operating from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
“Habang nagsasayang tayo ng oras para pag-usapan ang Charter Change, ang Tsina hindi tumitigil sa panghihimasok sa ating bansa. Imbes na ang enerhiya natin ay mapunta sa pagpapalakas ng mga batas para sa ating pambansang seguridad, nag-aaksaya tayo ng panahon para sa interes ng iilan,” Hontiveros said.
On February 3, DICT announced that the hackers breached the email systems and internal websites of several government agencies including those maintained and operated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, the Department of Justice, the National Coast Watch System, the House of Representatives, and that of the DICT itself.
Hontiveros said that this was a “major cyberattack.”
“While we are all busy cleaning up the mess of the sham ‘People’s Initiative,’ China has taken advantage of the current instability in the country to strike at our vulnerabilities. Dapat ito ang pagtuunan ng pansin, hindi yung mga pekeng insiyatibo na nanggugulo lang sa mga Pilipino,” the senator said.
(el Amigo/MNM)
