DICT Stated They are Currently Verifying a Reported Hacking Incident

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) stated on Wednesday, February 14, that they are currently in the process of verifying an alleged hacking incident at one of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) offices.

“We’re still verifying this report,” said DICT Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Renato Aboy Paraiso in a Viber message.

Paraiso added, “However, we can say that we isolated our investigation to a regional office of the DepEd.”

Meanwhile, the DepEd has directed its field offices to conduct diagnostics and confirm whether there was indeed a hack.

“No report as of the moment as verification is ongoing,” stated DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa in a Viber message.

“We will provide information as soon as we get them from our Regional and Division Information Officers,” he further explained.

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