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In an interview with ABSCBN, the hacker with the alias "Kangkong" revealed that he left a specific picture on the compromised websites as proof of his involvement.
In his extrajudicial confession, he identified Bulletin's senior technology officer Art Samaniego as the person who ordered the hacking of several high-profile websites, including the peacekeeping operations center website of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the mail server of the National Security Council and the Join the PH Army website.
Kangkong said he regrets implicating Samaniego to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
"I owe a lot to him, for what he did for me in the Bulletin, but I'm sorry, Sir Art, that this happened," he said in Filipino.
This story is from the June 26, 2024 edition of The Philippine Star.
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