School yearbook used as food wrapper
Schools carry a huge amount of personal data – both of their staff and students. With Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173) in full effect, everyone is expected to…
Magecart infects ABS-CBN Store with payment skimmer
Willem de Groot, a Dutch security researcher, recently reported that local broadcasting giant, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp., is the latest company to be targetted by Magecart, the cybercriminal group behind the…
K1LL3rB4LL compromises DepEd Marinduque website
Sometimes, you would wonder how our government act on issues involving cybersecurity. The Department of Education (DepEd) is a top favorite probably because most of their websites have little to…
Xscyth3 of PureHackers breaches PUP school database
Perhaps, one of the wildest dreams of college students is to hack their school’s database and alter their grades according to their will. Of course, it’s illegal and we don’t…
Hacker ‘Spade’ defaces Frontrow, 3 more sites
Website of the multi-level marketing firm, Frontrow, has just been defaced by a hacker who goes by the name of Spade and is associated with the hacking groups PureHackers and…
Klook announces data breach incident
Popular travel website, Klook, recently announced that their company may have suffered from a third-party data breach incident potentially harming their customers’ personal data and credit card information. According to…
NPC launches 1st National Data Privacy Conference in PH
Gathering around 2,000 data protection officers (DPOs) and data privacy enthusiasts from various sectors including the academe, government, and corporations, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) successfully opened the Privacy Awareness…