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Philippines steps up defences against Chinese hackers after ‘cyberwar’ warning from telecoms security chief
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has unveiled a six-year plan to counter the risks posed by digital intrusions from abroad following a spate of cyberattacks blamed on Chinese hackers.
Social media accounts of the Philippine coastguard, the government’s IT agency and President Marcos Jnr’s own website have all been hit this year Chinese officials denied any involvement, as authorities in Manila said earlier that they’d ‘pinpointed’ some of the attacks to servers based in China Following a recent spate of cyberattacks blamed on Chinese hackers, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has unveiled a six-year plan to step up cybersecurity and counter the risks posed by digital intrusions from abroad. We are in the middle of a cyberwar … we need the government to orchestrate our efforts Angel Redoble, PLDT’s chief information security officerArt Sarmiento, a technology editor at the Manila Bulletin newspaper, said the coastguard had to take comprehensive measures to fortify its digital defences, including through non-technical means.
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