Arrested data security officer admits to hacking 93 websites

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A data security officer of Manila Bulletin has admitted to hacking approximately 93 websites, including government and private company websites, as well as servers based abroad.

The arrested hacker known as ‘Kangkong’ has issued a public apology, especially to the military community, for compromising dozens of government and private company websites.MANILA, Philippines —

He explained that if there is a website that he hacked, he would send it to Samaniego, and depending on how big the government agency is, he would look into it and decide if he would write an article about it.Samaniego has denied allegations that he ordered the hacking of government and bank websites to boost his social media reach.Kangkong also issued a public apology to President Marcos, the general public and especially to the military community for his actions.

Kangkong highlighted the inadequate cybersecurity measures in place for government and private companies’ websites, stating that this was a key factor in his ability to hack them. The NBI revealed that one of the suspects’ phone contained scripts and databases obtained from local government units, various government websites and Facebook users’ credentials.Meanwhile, the NBI yesterday confirmed that its Cybercrime Division has issued a subpoena against Samaniego.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

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