Hackers Deface Philippine Government Sites

The Philippine government has cautioned all federal agencies tighten security of their official websites following last week’s hacking of the Philippine Information Agency website, Xinhua reported.

A government official said in a press statement the executive branch is adopting “best practices” to make government websites less vulnerable to intrusion. PIA is the official information arm of the Philippine government.

The information agency website was down for several hours after it was hacked by a user named “7z1.” The defaced web page displayed a Chinese flag on a black background.

The cyber attack was made almost a week after the Manila hostage tragedy in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed. It is, however, unknown if the hack attack was related to the widespread public anger that followed the hostage situation.

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