Last week, four Philippine government agency websites were defaced by hackers, which National Computer Center (www.ncc.gov.ph) director-general Tim Diaz de Rivera said was more of an embarrassment to the government more than anything else. Last week, the sites for the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, National Disaster Coordinating Council, and Department of Labor and Employment were all defaced in what may or not be a politically motivated occurrence. According to a local report from the Manila Bulletin, National Computer Center said the attack was not successful because it was perpetrated by "genius crackers," but rather because of ...