Bitstop Network Services, Inc.

Mr. Wilson Chua, president of Bitstop, is currently attending a seminar sponsored by 3Com featuring new routers and switches. Mr. Chua will be conducting a demo this coming Saturday, August 28, at the Bitstop conference room featuring products from 3Com such as a network interface card with built-in firewall capability. Interested parties may call us at (075) 522-0092 to 93.

As part of Bitstop's ongoing security training, we will be putting online a server that is open to hack attacks. All white hat hackers are invited to take a swipe at this server. We will publish the URL details sometime soon.

If you are simply hearing about the biggest IT Security event this September, get the details from the ISSSP office at the National Computer Center or call 433-8508. Or simply text 0920-2413954 and we will give you a return call.

Major telcos that are supporting a call to block the ip address 81.192.0.0/16 include PLDT, Digitel and Eastern. Globe is still consulting with their legal department on this action.

"..Attached email from Wilson Chua of Bitstop - you may want to block the ip address that was found to have defaced gov.ph. While we have discussed this during the recent PISO meeting, I want to make sure you have the necessary information to allow you to implement the ip block immediately. Jojie.."

Mozcom.com, the official web hosting provider of www.pba.ph will be webcasting the PBA All-Stars game on Sunday, at 4:00pm GMT+8. eRadioPortal will be providing mirror feeds of the event.

Maj. Harris Fama, Mangaldan Chief of Police supervised the raid on 2 gaming centers in Mangaldan upon the strength of search warrant obtained by AMDG officials.

In view of the recent defacement of the Philippine Government Portal , www.gov.ph, that is currently being hosted at a Bitstop IDC, we wish to issue an advisory to the general public to be wary of IP addresses coming from the 81.192.0.0/16 block.

NCC Director Tim Diaz De Rivera has called a meeting this friday 1pm at the NCC offices in Diliman to discuss the recent defacement of the gov.ph website. Government sysads and network administrations are welcome to attend the meeting. Please call ahead to reserve your seat.

Bitstop has provided the activity logs to the TFSCI (Task force for Securing Critical Infrastructure) on the recent defacement of the gov.ph. No other details can be given at this time.