DICT wants P300 million confidential funds to fight cybercrime
The Department of Information and Communications Technology is seeking P300 million in confidential funds for 2024 to be used against cybercrime and scammers.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/business/dict-confidential-funds-request-2024-budget-cybercrime/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/business/dict-confidential-funds-request-2024-budget-cybercrime/
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00:00 The Department of Information and Communications Technology is seeking P300 million in confidential
00:06 funds for 2024 to be used against cybercrime and scammers.
00:11 DICT Secretary Ivan Uy says going after scammers, which is part of the agency's mandate, requires
00:16 all the resources possible.
00:18 "Our hands are tied if we don't have proper tools in order to go after them."
00:26 Scams were a sticky issue, especially during the height of the pandemic, with the government
00:30 rolling out SIM registration to address this, but the process has gaps.
00:35 The National Bureau of Investigation even told lawmakers that a photo of a monkey can
00:39 be used to register a SIM card.
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