Was China behind cyberattacks on Philippine gov’t sites? Solon answers

Manila Bulletin

Davao Oriental 2nd district Rep. Cheeno Miguel Almario confirmed on Tuesday, May 7, that China was among the source-countries of the recent cyberattacks on local government websites.  READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/5/7/was-china-behind-cyberattacks-on-philippine-gov-t-sites-solon-answers  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00We cannot tie those together yet, for sure, because there is still an ongoing investigation.

00:05Like I mentioned, in the executive session, I really wish I could say, but I cannot now

00:10in the interest of national security, but it's a mix of domestic and international.

00:16Now, maybe some may surmise that some of the attacks came from China, which is true.

00:20But also, let us not discount that there are also some attacks that also are coming from

00:25other areas, everywhere around the world, actually.

00:30And it's not because they were directed to.

00:33There is also a community behind those kinds of efforts for the prestige, the kind of people

00:46that say, hey, I hacked this government.

00:49There are also those kinds of efforts.

00:51So sometimes, some of the attempts are terroristic in nature.

00:55Some of the attempts also are not.

00:57They just want to show the people that, okay, there's a vulnerability in the system of this

01:04particular cybersecurity infrastructure.

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