14 DAY TRIAL // A few days after they hacked the official website of the University of the Philippines, Chines hackers strike once again. This time the targets were three websites managed by the country’s presidency.
According to a statement made by a presidential spokesperson, on April 23, the sites of the Presidential Museum and Library, Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO), and the one of the Official Gazette recorded a sudden increase in traffic which disrupted the servers.
“We determined that this was a denial-of-service attack. Information gathered through our data analysis indicated that the attack originated from IP addresses assigned to Chinese networks,” Edwin Lacierda said.
“The PCDSPO is endeavoring to maintain its websites. However, please note that we can expect temporary disruption of service while the attack is ongoing.”
At the time of writing, the sites seemed to be functioning properly.