Hacker defaces NDCC website

Just when it is expected to play a key role during the typhoon season, the National Disaster Coordinating Council had its website defaced early Thursday. Visitors to the NDCC website (www.ndcc.gov.ph) around 9:00 a.m. Thursday saw a white page with a short message by supposed hacker "xTerror." "Down by xTerror," read the message, which included the hacker's supposed email address, xTerrorxx@hotmail.com.

The defaced website also contained a broken link to a jpeg image. However, attempts to view the supposed image were blocked with a "Forbidden" message. Status messages on the browser indicated the defaced page was hosted by i.indiewire.com. The defacing of the NDCC website came despite the government's directives to its agencies to secure their websites in the wake of a series of defacements in January. Hackers defaced websites of government agencies like the Department of Health, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the NDCC. — LBG/VVP, GMANews.TV