Members of the hacktivist group Anonymous Philippines are now being investigated by the National Bureau of Investigation, after Justice Secretary Leila de Lima ordered the agency to go after hackers who defaced websites of government agencies.
Special investigator Joey Narciso of the NBI Computer Crimes Unit said that the NBI had traced at least 20 suspects in the hacking attacks of different government websites the past few weeks.
The websites defaced by the Anonymous Philippines include:
American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc. (ACCPI)
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
Department of Health (DOH)
Food Development Center (FDC)
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS)
National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT)
Twitter account of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Twitter account of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
