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Tinawagan ng pansin ng isang kongresista ang National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) na agarang hanapin at dakpin ang mga nasa likod ng pangha-hack sa mahigit 700 bank deposit accounts sa bansa.
“Was the recent hacking of a bank’s computer system a one-off or a dry run? Were the culprits acting on their own, or were they sponsored by a bigger threat actor?,” tanong ni Anakalusugan party list Rep. Michael Defensor.
“Until and unless the suspects are apprehended and interrogated in custody, we may never know their real motives, aside from the cybertheft of a few million pesos. Assuming the suspects are planning further attacks elsewhere, then their capture should effectively thwart them,” dagdag pa nito.
Giit nito malaking balakid sa bansa ang mga nasa likod ng hacking kung kaya’t hindi na dapat pang matagalin ang pag-aresto sa mga ito.
“We must also stress that the certainty of getting caught and punished is our best deterrence to other would-be threat actors in cyberspace,” sabi ni Defensor.
Paliwanag pa ng mambabatas na hindi dapat isantabi ng mga awtoridad ang posibilidad na ang mga hackers ay nagsasanay sa malaking pag-atake laban sa iba pang financial institutions.
“What is clear is that the hackers succeeded in breaching the defenses of a bank’s computer system, and they now have an idea as to how much time they need to break in and escape with the loot before they are discovered,” ani Defensor.
Una nang sinabi ng Union Bank of the Philippines (UBP) na anim na pinaniniwalaang suspek ang nakilala na na nang-hack sa BDO Unibank Inc. accounts kung saan isang Mark Nagoyo ang natuklasang pinuntahan ng mga ninakaw na pera.
Giit ni Defensor sa ilalim ng batas, ang mga hackers na mahuhuli ay mahaharap sa kasong economic sabotage na may katapat na parusang habambuhay na pagkabilanggo at multang aabot sa P5 milyon.
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