Local hackers tapped for network wars

Local hackers were asked unofficially by a TV network to passively monitor their site for possible defacement and check their servers for possible leak of information.

A group of legit pinoy hackers was allowed to install a gateway that would filter all outgoing and incoming emails. The filter was designed to flag and immediately re-route suspected emails to the company's top executives before sending them to the recipient. The TV network believes that sensitive information was leaked and that only insiders have access to those information. Data suspected to be compromised include names of employees and ex-employees of the network.

IHAW was informed that the TV network's own IT department blocked all emails that contain the name and the number of the rival network. A wrong move as it turned out that most of the emails that were blocked are legitimate emails. Because of the fiasco it created, the network was forced to UNOFFICIALLY contact a local legit hacker group to fix the mess.

IHAW believes that there are more projects given to the local hacker group because the above task can be done easily by just anybody else in the company.