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De Lima seeks probe into data breach of court documents from OSG
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima is alarmed over reports of serious data breach of sensitive court documents from the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) which has the dangerous potential of causing severe consequences to ongoing judicial proceedings involving key government agencies.
De Lima filed Senate Resolution No. 713 urging the appropriate Senate Committee to investigate the recent data breach and the continuous proliferation and alarming trend of cyber-attacks against the government and private firms in the country to end the abuse and misuse of pertinent information of the public.
Philippines Solicitor General data breach flagged by security firm
Philippines Solicitor General data breach flagged by security firm
UK company claims the data, some of it sensitive, was exfiltrated. Credit: Dreamstime
More than 300,000 files and documents, some of which contained sensitive information, belonging to the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines were accessed by an unknown party, according to UK-based cyber security provider TurgenSec.
The cyber security provider said in an online post that the data breach contained files ranging from documents generated in the day-to-day running of ‘the Solicitor General of the Philippines’, to staff training documents, internal passwords and policies, staffing payment information and information on financial processes and activities including audits.
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Published February 3, 2021, 4:37 PM
The hacking group that successfully defaced the website of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) last year has shifted its focus from attacking government sites into attacking educational institutions to force website owners to improve the security of their servers.
Websites of Fatima School Bacood, Holy Trinity Academy of Manila, The Nazarene Catholic School, and St. Jude Catholic School were defaced early last week. Just today, February 3, the hacking group Phantom Troupe, the group who taunted the solicitor general by challenging the agency to go after them, defaced the Philippine National Police Academy website and claimed to have accessed the personal information of more than 23 thousand users. In a message to Technews, the hackers said that they would not stop attacking the PNP and its affiliate institutions and agencies until justice is served to the victims of police brutality. The group also said that they would continue to target
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