NUJP website allegedly hacked

MANILA, Philippines — A popular national journalists’ union website actively publishing statements against the recent government’s crackdown on media was allegedly hacked by unknown parties last week, resulting to its temporary shutdown.

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) website could not be accessed practically the whole day Wednesday (01 March 2006) after somebody was suspected to have hacked into its database server and tried to delete or change files.

According to the NUJP’s web host, the hacker or hackers also illegally made too many connections to the database that prevented other users or readers from accessing the site.

NUJP expressed concern over what they claim as a covert attempt to stop them from publishing statements, manifestos, and updates condemning the latest crackdown by the government on the Philippine press.

On 24 February 2006, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a state of national emergency – known as Presidential Proclamation 1017 or PP1017 – to quell alleged rebellion attempts against her administration.

During the week-long imposition of PP1017, which ended exactly a week after, police authorities had raided and apprehended newspaper The Daily Tribune and several other publications and journalists.

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