Statement of Secretary Sonny Coloma, 4 October 2012
We wish to clarify the following news reports:
1) An online news report that the “Office of the President (www.president.gov.
2) “Other websites hacked or defaced since last week included pia.gov.ph – Philippine Information Agency” (from Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 October 2012)
There was a scheduled systems maintenance of the President’s website that lasted for about 5 hours in the morning of 3 October. During this period, Facebook fans and Twitter followers of the President were duly re-directed and were able to use these social media channels without any interruption.
There was no actual defacement of the PIA website and at no time was there a service disruption. In the morning of 2 October, a hacker apparently got into the personal email account of one of the online editors and inserted a link that appeared in one of the posted stories.
This specific irregularity was addressed immediately.
We continue to adopt appropriate security measures to ensure the integrity of our websites.
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