00:00 The government will teach the people who are interested in learning about information technology.
00:06 This is to fight the scammers and hackers in the country.
00:10 Witness, Ivan Mayrina.
00:12 Even if the president mentioned that someone called him yesterday,
00:22 he will not deny how serious the problem is with scamming.
00:26 That is why DICT is reminding people to click on the links sent by unknown numbers
00:31 and against the allocations of "too good to be true"
00:34 or the announcement that you won the "not a fake raffle".
00:38 Also be careful with those who share on social media that they are taking information.
00:42 When someone calls you, you know your name, your birthdate, your address.
00:47 Don't be misled. You need to be alert.
00:50 Sometimes, the ability of Filipinos online has become notorious.
00:53 The so-called "I love you virus" or "love bug" that was spread by 24-year-old Onel de Guzman
00:59 spread to millions of computers and affected businesses and governments around the world in 2000.
01:05 Instead of fighting the virus,
01:07 the Filipinos are so obsessed with information technology
01:10 that they want to use it to fight scammers and hackers.
01:14 DICT-ICT Academy will hold online courses for the government's juniors first,
01:19 but later, for the public.
01:22 They opened up a completely new window of employment
01:26 that they can go into and earn a lot of money, better than the college.
01:31 So how much money are we talking about when you said bigger than CapSec salaries?
01:35 Well, many of the cybersecurity, I know,
01:39 maybe a low of 200,000 a month.
01:42 That's right. Because there are 2 million job openings in the country for cybersecurity experts.
01:47 Many businesses have moved online since the pandemic, so online companies have also moved online.
01:52 There's no shortage of ways to scam.
01:55 These employers, they're not after your diploma.
01:58 They don't care.
01:59 Once they see that you have talent, even if you're just a grade school graduate, not a high school graduate, they'll hire you.
02:05 The practice of cybersecurity in the hands of government and private individuals,
02:09 as part of the National Cybersecurity Plan, was presented by DICT to President Bongbong Marcos Itong-Martez.
02:15 Aside from online scammers,
02:17 the government's agencies are also targeted by scammers,
02:20 including the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration of OAH and the President's website.
02:26 As for the servers and Chinese scammers,
02:29 China has denied their involvement and has also sought help in the investigation, according to DICT.
02:35 Despite this, DICT does not deny that scammers are involved in the Sigalot in the West Philippine Sea.
02:41 Anything is possible in cyber investigations and in analyzing all of this.
02:47 We'd never rule out anything.
02:49 For GMA Integrated News, Ivan Meirina, your witness.
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