Philippines

Wide-Ranging Philippines Phishing Scams Are Sending Out Millions of Messages, SIM Card Registration Bill Proposed as a Solution

September 20, 2022

The Philippines government is considering reviving a previously-vetoed bill that would mandate SIM card registration due to rampant phishing scams that are difficult to trace. Country's two biggest carriers, PLDT and Globe, already blocking over a billion scam messages.

Night view of Makati the business district of Metro Manila showing data breach of Comelec

Cyber Security News

Reported Comelec Data Breach Provides Attackers With Inside Information on Philippines Election Systems; Election Body Claims Nothing Happened

January 18, 2022

Manila Bulletin, the largest English-language newspaper in the Philippines, says that a serious data breach of the country's Commission on Elections (Comelec) occurred. Comelec called it "fake news" and claimed that it never happened.

Hacker using laptop to execute a cyber heist

Cyber Security News

Bangladesh Bank Files Suit against RCBC over $81 Million Cyber Heist

February 14, 2019

Bangladesh has initiated a lawsuit against Rizal Commercial Banking Corp for the 2016 cyber heist of US$81 million, supported by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Image of chess board with the king chess piece leading representing the data protection officer (DPO) in Philippines

Data Privacy Insights

Philippines: To Be or Not To Be a Data Protection Officer (DPO)

September 1, 2017

As the Philippines Data Privacy Act registration deadline draws near, to be or not to be a data protection officer (DPO) is on many company officer’s mind.

Image of city streets in Manila business district representing the use of implementing rules and regulations for the Philippines Data Privacy Act (RA 10173)

Data Privacy Insights

Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Philippines Data Privacy Act (RA 10173)

June 23, 2017

In this article, Mary Thel Mundin examines the recently implemented rules and regulations of the Data Privacy Act of the Philippines (RA 10173) and the implications for organisations that handle personal data both within the borders of the Philippines and those who handle personal data and have links to the Philippines.

Image of Manila skyline representing the Philippines National Privacy Commission on the Comeleak data breach

Cyber Security News

‘Comeleak’ Allows Philippine National Privacy Commission to Show Teeth

January 25, 2017

Privacy issues in the Philippines have become headline news as 2017 gets underway. In January, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) in that country issued a statement placing the blame for a data breach that put the personal information of millions of voters at risk squarely at the feet of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and its Chairman Andres Bautista.

Image of police officers in riot gear representing government control in the context of the recent U.S. vs Apple case

Data Privacy Insights

The Recent US v. Apple Case in Context (Part III)

July 23, 2016

In this, the third of a series of articles, Pauline C. Reich examines how Asian countries are approaching the thorny issue of cybercrime and the interception of data. The author takes a look at two Southeast Asian countries in particular, Cambodia and the Philippines.

Philippines

Wide-Ranging Philippines Phishing Scams Are Sending Out Millions of Messages, SIM Card Registration Bill Proposed as a Solution

Reported Comelec Data Breach Provides Attackers With Inside Information on Philippines Election Systems; Election Body Claims Nothing Happened

Bangladesh Bank Files Suit against RCBC over $81 Million Cyber Heist

Philippines: To Be or Not To Be a Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Philippines Data Privacy Act (RA 10173)

‘Comeleak’ Allows Philippine National Privacy Commission to Show Teeth

The Recent US v. Apple Case in Context (Part III)

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