The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in the Philippines has acknowledged that a website under its management was recently defaced. According to an official statement, the breach occurred within a staging environment specifically utilized for testing, development, and validation purposes before any public launch. The agency clarified that the compromised site was not the final version intended for official public use, but rather a platform for evaluating configurations and functionality. Upon discovering the unauthorized access, the DICT launched an immediate investigation to assess the scope of the incident and determine the circumstances surrounding the security breach. The department emphasized that the affected system was not part of their live public-facing infrastructure.
Source : The Manila Times
