Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-07-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Komisyon sa Wikang Pilipino
Affected country: Philippines
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: In the same day the permanent court at The Hague rules for Philippines in the dispute against China for the islands in the West Philippine Sea, 68 Philippines government websites are taken down by a DDoS attack. One of the victims is the Komisyon sa Wikang Pilipino (the official regulating body of the Filipino language).