Philippines Graphic website hacked

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The website of a Manila-based weekly news magazine was hacked by still unidentified parties on 18 April 2020.

Clicking links to stories published by the Philippines Graphic redirects readers to a pornographic website, according to editor-in-chief Joel Pablo Salud. Salud told the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) that their administrators were blocked access to the website.

Salud warned readers against going to their website as doing so might compromise their accounts. He said they are working on solutions to restore their website soon. The Philippines Graphic posted the same advisory on its Facebook account.

The Philippines Graphic temporarily suspended issuing its print edition due to the enhanced community quarantine, but has made available its digital edition online. NUJP noted that the Twitter account of Pasig City’s public information office also suffered a similar attack only a day earlier. Mayor Vico Sotto said the account was restored immediately after, but the attack is still under investigation.