MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers from the Bayan Muna party-list on Monday called for a House of Representatives inquiry into cyber attacks against independent news sites Bulatlat.com, AlterMidya and human rights alliance Karapatan’s website. Reps. Carlos Zarate, Ferdinand Gaite and Eufemia Cullamat (Bayan Muna) filed House Resolution No. 1918 calling on the House Committee on Information and Communications Technology to look into the said cyberattacks that are linked to government agencies. “The use of government resources to finance such attacks to news sites and human rights organizations is condemnable. Still, AlterMidya and Bulatlat asserted that the department should look into the use of its IP address.

Source: Philippine Star June 28, 2021 07:51 UTC