DICT: No current gov’t data compromised amid hacking reports

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Tuesday assured the public that no current government data has been compromised.

DICT Sec. Ivan John Uy made the pronouncement after being asked about reports of military data from the executive branch—said to be related to the maritime dispute between the Philippines and China—allegedly stolen by hackers.

“I’d like to reiterate that so far, what we have seen is that no current information has been compromised,” said Uy in a Palace press conference.

“What we have seen so far are old data from many years ago that are being regurgitated, recycled just to make an impression that they were successful in doing so,” he added.

According to Uy, recycling old data to claim a new breach has been successfully made is now a common tactic employed by hackers.

“If there are any claims that there was any successful extraction of any data, just show it, then we will be able to see whether these claims are actually authentic or not,” Uy told hackers.

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Uy then bared that the DICT constantly fights off “several hundred thousand” cyberattack attempts across the government and private sectors.

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