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The official website of the The House of Representatives went offline again Tuesday due to “suspicious and unusual activities,” House Secretary General Reginald Velasco said, two days after hackers defaced its homepage with a mocking message.
Velasco, in a statement Tuesday, said: “We regret to inform the public that the official website of the House of Representatives has been voluntarily taken offline once again. Despite our recent security enhancements, we have detected suspicious and unusual activities that necessitate further scrutiny.”Its homepage showed a caricature of a laughing man with this message: “YOU’VE BEEN HACKED. YOU’VE BEEN HACKED. HAVE A NICE DAY.
Velasco earlier said the House has considered tapping a third-party firm to improve its cybersecurity following the hacking incident. “There is a perimeter and application firewall in the Senate, but our tech team also made adjustments. Per our IT, we recorded a spike in attacks last Sunday.”
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