On Wednesday night, a hacking group called Anonymous Philippines (which got featured in Spotlight Philippines) attacked the official websites of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), the Philippine Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT), and the Department of Health (DOH) in protest of a new law, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, which “effectively ends the Freedom of Expression in the Philippines.”
Anonymous Philippines replaced the homepage of the nation's central bank, MWSS, DOH and PAPT, website to call the attention of the government on the cybercrime law, also known as Republic Act No. 10175, officially listing as cybercrime acts like hacking, cyber sex, computer fraud, and online libel.
Some lawyers believe that certain provisions of the law are vague and dangerous, in that, it infringes on the citizens' civil liberties.
