Philippine Information Agency Website Defaced

The Philippine Information Agency website (http://www.pia.gov.ph/)  was defaced by hackers displaying the Chinese Flag while playing a hip-hop song.

As of this time, Hongkong officials have not taken the responsibility of the incident. 

“We are alerting all government agencies to review and improve the security of their websites in view of the hacking of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) website this afternoon. Our two websites, president.gov.ph and gov.ph remain secure. We are adopting best practices to lessen the vulnerability of our websites to hacking and other cyber crimes.”

The defacement of PIA website is the not the first time of the Philippine government website has been defaced.  Other that have been defaced last year are from DOST, Philpost and Department of Health.

8 Tourists Dead In Manila Hostage

Philippine commandos have stormed the bus with 15 Chinese tourists held hostage by a former policeman, ending the 11-hour hostage taking in Manila. Eight of the hostages have been confirmed dead. The gunman has also been killed in the storming. The operation started with police firing on the bus' tires to immobilize it, then using hammers to smash windows, doors and windscreen. They were forced to withdraw after a series of hunshots rang out from inside the vehicle, but renewed the storming later.