Gatchalian: Website hacking not isolated, part of threat vs Senate

Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines — The cyberattack, specifically the defacing of the Senate’s website, is part of a series of “escalating threats” against the institution according to Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian.

Gatchalian in a statement on Thursday called on authorities to check and pursue cases against those responsible for defacing the Senate’s website — an attack claimed by a Filipino hacktivist group identifying as “Nullsec Philippines.”

The Senator, who is acting Senate President, in particular asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) to launch a thorough investigation on the matter.

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