Cyber theft has now replaced the “traditional” idea of bank robberies. However, in some cases no money were stolen but a robbery of data of customer account details.

No one really knows what’s behind it, but it proved that data is almost more valuable than money these days.

Hacking and leaking information has now increased into issues as state secrets, government intelligence and political gain as part of the “hacktivism” movement.

Threats to public safety are discovered as hackers even broke into airplane in-flight systemsand control system of a US dam.

A US Attorney General said, “These attacks were relentless, and widespread, that threatened our economic wellbeing and our ability to compete fairly in the global marketplace, which directly linked to our national security.”

Accordingly, the United States is in no shape to solve this problem, no country solves a security issue on its own.

Experts says, “The US and other cyber-spying governments use their resources to exploit cracks in their rivals’ systems rather than finding and patching their own vulnerabilities.” “All the governments and private sectors around the world should have invested money and cooperated on cyber-security that actually provide as a public good.”

The Philippines is no exception to Cyber-crime, whether in government, political, financial and private issues. With the ever-evolving technological capacity of the hacking world, the public is forced to defend themselves for further attacks to come.

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Tidbits:

Say a huge thank you to all those working at sea on 25 June – the International Maritime Organization’s Day of the Seafarer.

At sea for all – recognizes that seafarers are indispensable and invites people everywhere to ‘show their appreciation for the seafarers that quietly, mostly unnoticed, keep the wheels of the world in motion’.

IMO secretary generalKitack Lim said: “The annual Day of the Seafarer campaign on 25 June is so important to improve the general public’s awareness of shipping and also raise the profile among key influencers and policymakers outside of our regular sector. (By Edgar Allan J. Tac-an)

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“We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi