What we know so far: China-based hackers targeting government serversMANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information and Communications Technology’s investigation into recent cyberattacks targeting multiple government servers has traced the hacking attempts to IP addresses based in China. Unidentified hackers had tried to breach servers used by overseas Filipino workers and the Google Workspace that hosts the Philippine government’s email and storage for non-confidential information, DICT Undersecretary Jeffrey Ian Dy said during a House hearing on Tuesday. ‘Sophisticated’ hackers try to breach PH government’s Google accountsCertain threat actors also attempted to hack into the Philippine government’s Google emails and file storage in January. Google’s report also mentioned that the hackers tried to breach President Marcos’ personal website “bongbongmarcos.com,” Dy said. As the DICT continues its investigation into the cyberattacks, Dy said that the dubious IP addresses have been blocked, and devices with affected accounts have been scanned and cleaned.

Source: Philippine Star February 07, 2024 18:12 UTC