The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) condemned on Thursday&nbsp;the <a href="https://dzrh.com.ph/post/philhealth-issues-containment-measures-after-system-breach">ransomware attack</a> on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation&rsquo;s (PhilHealth) website.
&ldquo;The DICT condemns the ransomware attack carried out against PhilHealth in an attempt to illegally access the information of its members [...] An extensive checklist has been prepared by the DICT to benchmark PhilHealth&rsquo;s readiness to get their systems online,&rdquo; the DICT said in a statement.&nbsp;
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According to the statement, DICT&rsquo;s Cybersecurity Bureau&rsquo;s National Computer Emergency Response Team (NCERT) conducted onsite critical security measures at PhilHealth&rsquo;s headquarters, which included the disconnection of workstations from the network, prompt coordination with PhilHealth to determine the extent of the attack, and the collection of relevant logs for a detailed analysis.
The information and communications technology department also added that PhilHealth&rsquo;s critical web services were undergoing comprehensive security scanning.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Efforts to restore the functionality of PhilHealth&rsquo;s DNS server are underway [...] The DICT is committed to ensuring the full restoration of security and stability in PhilHealth systems and to safeguarding government systems and infrastructure from malicious cyber threats,&rdquo; the statement further read.&nbsp;
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) <a href="https://dzrh.com.ph/post/data-privacy-body-calls-philhealth-to-explain-data-breach">also investigated the cyberattack</a> against PhilHealth&rsquo;s website and asked for a complete report regarding the incident.&nbsp;
PhilHealth&rsquo;s online systems were hit by Medusa ransomware that threatened to leak its members' data if the state insurer failed to provide the $300,000 ransom.
Meanwhile, PhilHealth Spokesperson Dr. Ish Pargas maintained that <a href="https://dzrh.com.ph/post/no-personal-data-compromised-philhealth-assures-amid-cyberattack-woes">no personal data was compromised</a> despite the data breach.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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DICT condemns PhilHealth cyberattack