Latest in cybercrimeThe National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested Peanut Gallery Media Network founder and CEO Franco Mabanta and four others Tuesday night, May 5, after the group was caught accepting suitcases of marked cash in an entrapment operation in Pasig City for alleged extortion of former House Speaker…
As millions of Filipinos head to airports this Holy Week, scammers have found a way to cash in on the rush — setting up fake websites that charge unsuspecting travelers fees for a government service that costs nothing. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) raised the alarm Wednesday, April 1, as it…
The Philippines’ cybercrime law is outdated and increasingly unable to address AI-driven online scams, with authorities constrained by court rulings that limit the government’s power to block malicious sites without judicial approval, according to the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating…
Artificial intelligence–powered deepfakes are now at the core of increasingly sophisticated online love scams, erasing many of the warning signs Filipinos once relied on to detect fraud, according to the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC). “So ang nakita natin ngayon ay maling…
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Monday launched a nationwide public information drive to counter the growing use of artificial intelligence in online romance scams, warning that scammers are now exploiting Filipinos’ emotions with increasingly sophisticated digital…
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