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Senator Grace Poe has expressed dismay over the failure of the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the National Security Council to ensure the Philippines ability to fight the cybersecurity warfare already raging in other countries. ....
Senator Francis Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Pangilinan reiterated his call following the US Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) move to stop China Telecom (Americas) Corp.’s operation in the United States for security reasons. FCC chair Ajit Pail had stressed how the Chinese government mandates firms like China Telecom to covertly siphon sensitive information and to intercept communications from the US. The FCC has also asked China Telecom and three other telecommunication companies (Telcos) to show evidence to prove “that they are not at the behest of the Chinese Government.” Aside from the FCC, the US Departments of Defense, Commerce, Justice and State and Homeland Security also shared concerns over the Chinese government’s control over China Telecom and three other Chinese Telcos. ....