The Philippine National Police (PNP) has upgraded its anti-cybercrime body, turning it into one of PNP’s National Operational Support Unit in a bid to further strengthen the agency’s capability to go after offenders on the Internet.
US authorities were investigating Tuesday after hackers posted personal financial data belonging to First Lady Michelle Obama, the head of the FBI and several A-list celebrities online.
Several government websites, including that of the National Food Authority, were defaced early Monday by the “hacktivist” group Anonymous Philippines, drawing attention to the cybercrime law.
Beware of con artists posing as your relatives on Facebook.
A South Korean man has received a suspended 10-month prison term for retweeting North Korean propaganda posts.
Roughly P2.7-million worth of allegedly smuggled games software were confiscated while several people were arrested following simultaneous raids in 12 shops in Metro Manila earlier this week, a Criminal Investigation and Detection Group official said Wednesday.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday filed with the Department of Justice a criminal complaint against two Taiwanese nationals allegedly involved in cybercrimes.
When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn’t know, she accepted it. It was the beginning of a story that is repeating itself as sexual predators find new ways to exploit Indonesia’s growing obsession with social media.
Cybercrime committed in mobile devices and social networks are fast rising and a vast majority of people may already have been a victim without their knowledge, according to an annual study of Norton by Symantec, an international computer security company.
The Department of Justice will continue to educate the people on the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act even after the Supreme Court’s issuance on Tuesday of a 120-day temporary restraining order suspending the said law’s implementation.
With or without the cybercrime law, Internet users could still be charged with libel under the Revised Penal Code, Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Tuesday.
Opponents of the Cybercrime Prevention Act who held protests on Tuesday in Iloilo lauded the Supreme Court’s issuance of a temporary restraining order against the implementation of the said law.
Lawmakers on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to issue a temporary restraining order on the contentious Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
