CPP/Ang Bayan: AFP, DOST mount DDoS attacks against alternative media

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Jul 7, 2021): AFP, DOST mount DDoS attacks against alternative media

Sweden-based cybersecurity watchdog Qurium Media exposed in a report last June 22 that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) were behind the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the websites of Bulatlat, Altermidya and Karapatan. The attacks began mid-May and peaked in June, and continue until today. The websites were flooded with millions of requests to render their services unavailable.

These were mounted simultaneously with DDoS attacks on the Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC at https://cpp.ph) which resulted in intermittent service disruptions. The AFP also used fake Twitter accounts to push for temporary suspension of the handle of the CPP (@prwc_info) and permanent ban on the handle of its information officer (@marco_cpp).

According to Qurium, the attacks were traced to IP addresses linked to an office of the military in Taguig City, and to the Philippine Research, and Government Information Network of the DOST. The Congress is now pushing to investigate the attacks.

Meanwhile, unauthorized elements hijacked the membership application of 1Sambayan during the second week of June. The group believes that their political rivals orchestrated the attack.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://cpp.ph/2021/07/07/afp-dost-mount-ddos-attacks-against-alternative-media/