MANILA, Philippines – Sinabi ng Department of Information and Communications Technology na pangunahing target ng mga cyberattack sa bansa araw-araw ang pamahalaan, academe at telecommunication industry.
“At any given day, approximately 2.1 million threats are being monitored by the National Security Operations Center,” sinabi ni DICT Undersecretary Jeffrey Ian Dy.
“Fifty percent (of the attacks) target the government, 30% target the academe, 10% target the telecommunications industry, the remaining 10% is usually banking or health sectors, etc,” dagdag pa niya.
Nangangamba ang mga stakeholder na mas lalala pa ito kung maisasabatas ang Senate Bill 2699 o Konektadong Pinoy Act.
Ayon sa CitizenWatch Philippines, layon kasi ng SB2699 na alisin ang pangangailangan para sa congressional franchise para sa telecommunication companies at mababawasan ang regulatory powers ng National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
Tatapyasan din ng panukala ang oversight functions ng NTC at gagawin na lamang ito bilang isang registrar.
“The Konektadong Pinoy Act proposes to reduce the NTC’s role to that of a mere registrar, stripped of its oversight functions. If the NTC’s role is diminished, consumers may find themselves with little recourse when faced with poor service or unfair practices,” ayon kay CitizenWatch lead convenor Orlando Oxales.
“A worse, more alarming scenario could also emerge. These may open opportunities for cybercrime syndicates to infiltrate and cause harm to our individual and enterprise consumers in both the government and private sectors,” dagdag pa niya.
Sa hiwalay na pahayag, sinabi rin ng Stratbase ADR Institute sa mga mambabatas “to take a second look at how, in our pursuit of connectivity, we may be opening ourselves up to abuses from entities that have malicious intent and whose goals may be different from what the law claims it wants.”
Sa kabilang banda, suportado naman ng National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ang naturang panukala. RNT/JGC
