Multiple government departments in the Philippines were attacked by cyberattacks, and the Presidential Palace said it was ready to respond

The Philippine Presidential Palace stated on the 12th that the government is ready to respond to cyber attacks against government agencies. Previously, the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines confirmed that it had received reports of cyber attacks and data leaks in at least 10 government departments, and a large amount of corporate and personal privacy data had been leaked.

Claire Castro, spokesperson for the Philippine Presidential Palace, said at a press conference that day that hacker attacks on government agency websites have occurred in the past, but related incidents were handled in a timely manner. She stressed that the government was prepared to deal with cyber attacks and website intrusions.

The National Privacy Commission of the Philippines previously confirmed that the data breach involved the Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology, Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Revenue, Department of Justice, Department of Labor and Employment, Coast Guard and other government departments. The committee reminds the public to remain vigilant and beware of criminals who may exploit public concerns about data breaches to commit phishing, fraud, identity theft, and more.

An assessment report released by the Philippine cyber security agency "DeepNet Unicom" shows that recent government department data breaches involved millions of personal, corporate and administrative records and a website tampering incident.

The organization said that some government agencies have experienced data breaches before, and the exposed personal information may be used by cybercriminals.