The DOST confirmed on April 3 that they had been affected by a massive hacking incident, where around 2TB worth of data was affected. DICT spokesperson Aboy Paraiso told ABS-CBN News that they are working with DOST to recover the lost data. The massive amount of data that was affected by the hacking incident is […]
Unbox recently reported on a suspected data breach at the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), an attack that the national data collection office claimed likely only affected one of its systems. However, a closer look at the alleged compromised data suggests that other government agencies may have been breached as well. The PSA learned of a […]
High school students showcased their skills in creating new inventions Recently, DOST partnered with Acer for their annual Imake.WeMake competition. The competition pits young Filipinos—mostly high school students—in developing inventions aimed at addressing some of the country’s societal problems, ranging from food safety, health, education, to security and disaster mitigation. Acer’s participation in this year’s competition involves the […]
Despite all the economic progress our country has been enjoying, the Philippines still lacks mass transit infrastructure. That includes the ever important trains, and the assets that we do have in our country are either too old or too few to service the thousands of commuters that ply the metro each day (just ask the […]
Hopefully it stays that way So the Department of Science and Technology is creating multiple free Wi-Fi hotspots in several areas around the metro. The project is set to be officially launched on July 24, but apparently there are a couple of areas that already have the hotspots that people can connect to, one of […]
Wow, They’re Actually Going to Do It! Ever since the government announced that they planned on providing free WiFi in public spaces, we were very skeptical. However it looks like this project is going to see the light of day! The Free WiFi program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is set to […]
Following reports that Maxicare has been affected by a data breach, the health care company formally notified its members about it, stating that the data breach may have compromised personal and medical information. The data breach involves the Lab@Home service, which is used by Maxicare members for at-home laboratory service. Being a third party service, […]
The past few weeks is chaotic for different government agencies and their data online. After the massive PhilHealth breach that exposed over 600GB worth of sensitive data, the Philippine Statistics Authority, DOST, and PNP have been victims of hacking as well. If that’s not enough, hackers decided to even defaced the site of the House […]
It seems that we could not get a break from these hacking incidents, as the website of the House of Representatives is the latest victim. The hackers defaced the website on Sunday (October 15), where they inserted a meme indicating that the House of Representatives has been compromised. Aside from the defaced home page, hackers […]
The day has come, and Philippine science has just achieved another major milestone! Cube satellites made in the PH were just successfully launched toward the world-renowned International Space Station (ISS). Here’s the lowdown on all the facts you need. The operation was successfully completed on the 5th of June, at around 11:47 PM PST. Sent […]
The PH government, through the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)’s Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI), has allocated a total of PHP 16 million to support micro, small, and medium enterprises focused on tech. Here’s how. These investments will be broken down and split between the most promising local PH technology innovations. These will […]
Ahead of the arrival of super typhoon “Mawar” to the Philippines, the NTC has ordered all telcos to prepare all their mission-critical equipment and teams to ensure that operations and services to the public will not be hampered. Known locally as typhoon Betty, Mawar entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at 2 AM today […]