Marcos to DICT: Beef up defenses vs. cybercriminals

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Information and Communications Technology to beef up its defense against cybercriminals, as he expressed concern over recent data leaks in government agencies.

“ we shouldn’t be reacting after the fact, we should be preparing before it happens,” Dy said, adding that Mr. Marcos committed to help the agency to fight cybercriminals. “The PSA and aforementioned partners are working tirelessly to prevent the further disclosure of data. Leads for the identification of the bad actors have been provided to the PNP and the NBI for further action,” it said.

In a separate statement, Renato Paraiso, spokesperson of DICT, said the NCERT collected relevant logs from the PSA for thorough analysis and is currently probing the extent of the data breach, and if personal identifiable information may have been compromised. “As the DICT conducts its investigation of the logs obtained from PSA, the Department urges the public to refrain from sharing posts that contain links to the alleged PSA data samples,” he added.

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