![]() The website of Bureau of Customs for parcel tracking was defaced by multiple groups this week. The NPC was informed around 7:00 pm of March 11, as of this posting, the Bureau of Customs has done nothing to secure the affected server. We waited for their next update and when we got the confirmation, we immediately informed the National Privacy Commission (NPC) about it. We got the same message from two Philippine hacking groups informing us that "something big" is about to happen. Just recently, MB Technews got information that the server of the Bureau of Customs was compromised and a database containing hundreds of thousands of user details is in danger of being downloaded. We will be scouring the Philippine internet community from vulnerable systems, one by one." says Phantom Troupe in a message sent to MB Technews. The problem with a breach is that everyone in that school or business could be affected. "We need to do something, we have relatives and friends who are also doing work from home arrangements and doing online learning. Phantom Troupe decided to help schools and companies secure their systems by breaching vulnerabilities and patching them one by one. Once these devices are compromised, there is a big possibility that these hackers would have access to corporate networks. The group said that the most dangerous thing some companies and many schools have done because of the health crisis was to allow employees to bring home their office computers and use these devices outside the secure office environment. ![]() ![]() The group noticed that foreign hackers have started exploiting users who have minimal to zero experience in technology, these are the users who were forced to adapt to the new normal because of the pandemic. Phantom Troupe members were greatly concerned when companies and schools started implementing work from home and learn from home schemes. This is also what Phantom Troupe, a group of Filipino cybersecurity enthusiasts, has been telling poorly secured government websites and servers since the start of the pandemic last year. Hey I'm gonna get you too, another one bites the dust", says the lyrics of the most iconic of all Queen songs "Another one bites the dust".
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