Take cyber threats seriously

ON Thursday we reported on a disturbing new assessment from noted cyber-security firm FireEye, which found the Philippines twice more vulnerable to cyber attacks than other countries. This is a development that must be regarded as a critical threat to national security, and approached with the same resolve that we would like to believe our country would respond to an armed invasion.

FireEye – the firm engaged by Bangladesh to investigate the hacking of that country’s central bank that resulted in $81 million in stolen funds finding their way to the Philippines – didn’t mince words when it came to describing the threat this country faces.