MANILA — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) experienced disruptions anew on its website over the weekend, not due to cyber hackers, but as a result of bugs or coding errors, clarified Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary for cybersecurity, connectivity, and upskilling, Jeffrey Ian Dy, on Tuesday (16 Jan 2024).
Dy confirmed that the identified bug causing the issues has been successfully addressed, and he assured the public that the PhilHealth website has returned to its normal functioning.
“It seems that there were some errors made in building the website. They fixed it already. It was a bug,” he explained to The Philippine Star.
This incident comes after a Medusa ransomware attack on the PhilHealth website in September of the previous year, during which cyber hackers attempted to extort $300,000 from the organization. Medusa ransomware is malicious software that encrypts files and demands a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key.
(el Amigo/MNM)
