The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently suffered a relatively large cyberattack, but its impact to the organization was not extensive, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DIST) said Thursday.
The Department of Science and Technology recently suffered a relatively large cyberattack, but its impact to the organization was not extensive, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said Thursday.In a media briefing, DICT Assistant Secretary Renato Paraiso downplayed concerns regarding the incident, a day after DOST Secretary Renato Solidum said his office was treating the data breach with "utmost seriousness.
Walang extraction na ginawa ho," Paraiso said.No demandsMeanwhile, Paraiso said the DICT cannot conclude that this was a ransomware attack.He explained that in such attacks, data is encrypted to prevent access and that hackers would later demand something in exchange for the encryption key."But because wala pa pong ransom or demand na ginagawa po, hindi natin—, we cannot conclude that this is a ransomware attack po.
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