00:00 Philhealth confirmed that their website was hacked.
00:04 It was done by the international ransomware Medusa.
00:08 Ransomware is a software that locks a website.
00:13 To recover access, ransom must be paid.
00:17 Philhealth is asking for a ransom of 300,000 US dollars or more than 17 million pesos.
00:23 Philhealth said that they immediately shut down their system in the country.
00:27 They also asked the agencies to investigate this and notified the hospitals to make a temporary arrangement with the patients.
00:36 The DICT is now under the government's control.
00:40 Their police investigated the employees who brought their personal devices to the office, including work from home.
00:48 [Music]
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