By Jennifer P. Rendon
Sexually-explicit photos on Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) Facebook page’s “Story?”
‘Twas not us, the IPPO Facebook page admin said on Thursday, April 20, claiming that their account was invaded by hackers.
In an advisory, the IPPO “would like to inform the public that its official Facebook page was hacked and hackers already posted nudity/sexual content on the page.”
Major Rolando Araño, IPPO spokesperson, said they first detected the hacking on April 18 after their page handlers noticed that they can no longer post content on the page.
Araño said they thought that it could have been just a technical glitch after the admins regained access to the page and were able to post the following day.
After that, “somebody who posed as Facebook Business Managers contacted the page admin thru email to activate the Business Account of the page since the page already has almost 50,000 followers,” the IPPO advisory said.
The move apparently gave hackers to access the page.
The IPPO FB page currently has 49,000 followers and 32,000 likes.
Araño said they already reported the incident to the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit (RACU)-6 on April 19.
“We’re still waiting for an update,” he said.
Meanwhile, the IPPO warned the public to avoid entertaining emails from people who pose as Facebook affiliates.
The IPPO asked the public to report to Facebook the Iloilo Police Provincial Office page for nudity or sexual content/adult nudity so that Facebook can take down the post.
“Rest assured that the IPPO is exerting efforts to regain access to its page and will update the public for developments.”
“Our sincerest apology for the inconvenience,” the advisory added.
