DILG to probe alleged data breach by hackers GMA News Online

pThe Department of Interior and Local Government DILG said Sunday it is verifying claims that its internal systems were breached by hackersppIn a statement the agency said their systems remain stable but that they have activated containment and security protocols to secure datappOur technical teams and government cybersecurity units are undertaking the appropriate investigative steps the DILG saidppFor now we ask the public not to rely on unverified posts it addedppThe statement followed after IT Expert and ScamWatch founder Art Samaniego Jr said that hackers have taken around 400GB of data from the DILG in a largescale government data breachppWe will be coordinating with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center CICC and the Philippine National Police AntiCybercrime Group about this he said in a Facebook post Jiselle Anne CasucianRF GMA Integrated News pp p