Sources: Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeted the Philippine president's office and stole sensitive data as part of a yearslong, broad espionage campaign
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Philippine investigators say Alice Guo, ex-mayor of the Bamban town, owned the land on which a “pig butchering” scam center was built, housing ~3,000 scammers
most of them Chinese—slept between shifts as scammers. Nearby, police seized thousands of devices with fake social-media profiles and financial records. https://www.wsj.com/... Jonathan Cheng / @jchen...
In the Philippines, presidential frontrunner Bongbong Marcos is using TikTok and troll farms to rewrite his dictator father's violent past for young Filipinos
Hi! — This is Understanding TikTok - your TikTok update. My name is Marcus. Ravi Buddhavarapu / CNBC : In the Philippines, presidential frontrunner Bongbong seeks to rebrand Marcos' brutal legacy T...
UK security firm says around 345K sensitive legal documents from the Philippine government related to ongoing cases were exposed online for at least two months
The security firm that discovered the files says the leak could disrupt ongoing judicial proceedings. Tweets: @gangbadoy , @nattyfried , @nattyfried , and @nattyfried Tweets: Gang Capati / @gangbadoy ...
Avaaz analysis: Facebook has allowed hundreds of misleading super PAC ads, primarily spreading misinformation about Biden and USPS, with 10M+ views collectively
Donald Trump is president for four more years! MAGA!’—even if mail-in ballots haven't been fully counted.” https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... Thomas Rid / @ridt : CAUTION: today's Facebook takedown does...
Employees at Facebook's fact-checking partner in the Philippines, online news site Rappler, say they're struggling to “clean up Facebook's mess”
MANILA — The fictional news stories pop up on Facebook faster than Paterno Esmaquel II and his co-workers can stamp them out. Tweets: @robertmackey , @tefomohapi , @samueljscott , @jotted , @jason_kin...
A look at the human cost of Facebook's rise in the Philippines: truth matters less, propaganda is ubiquitous, lives are wrecked, and some have died as a result
In August 2016, a handful of crude images began circulating widely throughout Facebook's Filipino community … Tweets: @daveyalba , @dcurtis , @histoftech , @kevinroose , @cwarzel , @buzzfeednews , @si...
How Philippine's President Duterte utilized Facebook, used by 97% of Filipino internet users, to spread his message before weaponizing it to target dissent
Rodrigo Duterte walked down the aisle of a packed auditorium at De La Salle University in downtown Manila, shaking hands and waving … Tweets: @bafeldman , @chafkin , @peterwsinger , @carlfranzen , @sa...
Sensitive data of 55M Philippine voters, including passport info and 15.8M fingerprint records, leaked in massive breach
Megabreach: 55 MILLION voters' details leaked in Philippines — Election officials shrug: Yeah, we were hacked - but not of sensitive info...