Web site attack traced to Philippines - Taipei Times
The official Web site of the Presidential Office has been attacked by hackers traced to the Philippines, a spokesperson said yesterday, days after the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by personnel on a Philippine government vessel.
The Web site became inaccessible at 9:17am, but was up again soon after 10am, Presidential Office spokesperson Garfie Li (李佳霏
said.
The denial-of-service attack was traced to the Philippines, Li said, adding that the Cabinet has been dealing with the matter.
The Cabinet also reported attacks from the Philippines on the Web sites of several government agencies, including the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Coast Guard Administration.
Signs of the attacks were detected on Friday and on Saturday it was confirmed that the source was in the Philippines, Cabinet spokesperson Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文 said.
Local government Web sites in Taipei and Greater Tainan, and those of a number of private enterprises have also been targeted, Cheng said.
The defense ministry reported slow access to its Web site yesterday after it was flooded with information from an unknown source. However, the ministrys internal network was not affected and it has activated security measures, spokesman Major General David Lo (羅紹和 said.
Local media said that hackers in Taiwan had launched attacks on Philippine Web sites after 65-year-old Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成 was shot dead on Thursday in an incident involving the Taiwanese fishing boat Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28 and a Philippine patrol boat.
Hung Yu-chih (洪育智, skipper of the Kuang Ta Hsing and the son of Hung Shih-cheng, denied that he had triggered the incident by attempting to ram the Philippine vessel.
He said it was impossible for his boat to ram the much larger Philippine ship, and his crew had not taken any aggressive actions, as a Philippine Presidential Office spokeswoman had claimed.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九 visited Hung Shih-chengs family on Pingtung Countys Siaoliouchio (小琉球 Island yesterday and promised that the government would not let the matter rest until Manila had offered an official apology and provided compensation.
Taiwan has called on the Philippines to issue a formal apology, compensate the victims family, investigate the incident, punish the perpetrators and start fishery talks with Taiwan as soon as possible, the Presidential Office said in a statement late on Saturday.
If the Philippines fails to respond by midnight tomorrow, Taiwan will suspend importation of Philippine labor, recall its representative in Manila and ask the Philippine envoy in Taiwan to return home, the Presidential Office said.
Philippine authorities offered their deepest sympathies and condolences on Saturday and vowed to conduct an impartial, transparent and expeditious investigation into the tragedy.
As the Philippine Coast Guard has stated, we express our heartfelt sorrow on the unfortunate situation that occurred during one of the anti-illegal fishing patrols conducted by a Philippine fishery law enforcement vessel [MCS 3001] within the maritime jurisdiction [waters off the Batanes group of islands] of the Philippines on the morning of May 9, 2013, which tragically resulted in the death of a fisherman from one of the fishing vessels reportedly poaching in the area, Philippine Presidential Office deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said in the statement.
Tsk tsk shows how immature Fillipinos are.
The official Web site of the Presidential Office has been attacked by hackers traced to the Philippines, a spokesperson said yesterday, days after the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by personnel on a Philippine government vessel.
The Web site became inaccessible at 9:17am, but was up again soon after 10am, Presidential Office spokesperson Garfie Li (李佳霏
said.The denial-of-service attack was traced to the Philippines, Li said, adding that the Cabinet has been dealing with the matter.
The Cabinet also reported attacks from the Philippines on the Web sites of several government agencies, including the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Coast Guard Administration.
Signs of the attacks were detected on Friday and on Saturday it was confirmed that the source was in the Philippines, Cabinet spokesperson Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文
said.Local government Web sites in Taipei and Greater Tainan, and those of a number of private enterprises have also been targeted, Cheng said.
The defense ministry reported slow access to its Web site yesterday after it was flooded with information from an unknown source. However, the ministrys internal network was not affected and it has activated security measures, spokesman Major General David Lo (羅紹和
said.Local media said that hackers in Taiwan had launched attacks on Philippine Web sites after 65-year-old Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成
was shot dead on Thursday in an incident involving the Taiwanese fishing boat Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28 and a Philippine patrol boat.Hung Yu-chih (洪育智
, skipper of the Kuang Ta Hsing and the son of Hung Shih-cheng, denied that he had triggered the incident by attempting to ram the Philippine vessel.He said it was impossible for his boat to ram the much larger Philippine ship, and his crew had not taken any aggressive actions, as a Philippine Presidential Office spokeswoman had claimed.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九
visited Hung Shih-chengs family on Pingtung Countys Siaoliouchio (小琉球 Island yesterday and promised that the government would not let the matter rest until Manila had offered an official apology and provided compensation.Taiwan has called on the Philippines to issue a formal apology, compensate the victims family, investigate the incident, punish the perpetrators and start fishery talks with Taiwan as soon as possible, the Presidential Office said in a statement late on Saturday.
If the Philippines fails to respond by midnight tomorrow, Taiwan will suspend importation of Philippine labor, recall its representative in Manila and ask the Philippine envoy in Taiwan to return home, the Presidential Office said.
Philippine authorities offered their deepest sympathies and condolences on Saturday and vowed to conduct an impartial, transparent and expeditious investigation into the tragedy.
As the Philippine Coast Guard has stated, we express our heartfelt sorrow on the unfortunate situation that occurred during one of the anti-illegal fishing patrols conducted by a Philippine fishery law enforcement vessel [MCS 3001] within the maritime jurisdiction [waters off the Batanes group of islands] of the Philippines on the morning of May 9, 2013, which tragically resulted in the death of a fisherman from one of the fishing vessels reportedly poaching in the area, Philippine Presidential Office deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said in the statement.
Tsk tsk shows how immature Fillipinos are.
