A 37-year-old man who was allegedly behind the bomb risk on the National Privacy Commission (NPC) was arrested in Malinao, Aklan.
Personnel of the NBI and police joined forces to hint the supply of the bomb risk messages in Malandayon, Malinao, Aklan, based on John Consulta’s “24 Oras” report on Friday.
“Noong nahuli namin, we tried to ring his cellphone, just to verify kung siya nga yun, nung nagring yung cellphone, kinuha na namin siya,” NBI Cybercrime Division Atty. Jeremy Lotoc stated.
(When we caught him, we tried to ring his cellphone, simply to confirm if it was him when the cellphone rang, we took him.)
Last May 12, the NPC obtained a bomb risk which prompted workers to evacuate from their places of work.
The NPC then obtained not less than 10 bomb threats inside three days.
“Hindi siya tumigil even on the weekend meron pa rin, until Monday. Malaking perwisyo kasi ang dami naming iniimbestigahan, alam nating maraming mga alleged data leak na nangyayari sa atin. Apektado dito hindi lang yung NPC kundi ibang ahensya na nagrerent sa PICC,” NPC commissioner John Nery Naga stated.
(He did not cease even on the weekend till Monday. It prompted a lot hassle as a result of we’re investigating quite a lot of different instances. We all know that there are a lot of alleged knowledge leaks which might be happening. Not solely the NPC workers had been affected but additionally different businesses that lease places of work on the PICC.)
However, the suspect stated he despatched the bomb threats as a result of ads and errors on his cellphone each time he used social media functions.
“Magddrive ako sa kalagitnaan ng araw at ulan, tapos biglang may technical error, siyempre magugulat ka po kung ganoon ang nangyayari, bigla hihinto or liliko. Paumanhin po at pasensya, wala akong intensyon na gawin ang hindi dapat. Ang sa akin lang po, para mapansin lang ako. Or kahit papano mag-chat lang sila sa akin,” suspect stated.
(I’ll drive in the midst of the day and within the rain, then all of the sudden there’s a technical error. Of course you can be shocked if that occurs, all of the sudden cease or pull over. I’m sorry, I had no intention of doing something flawed. I simply wanted my issues addressed. Or not less than they simply chat with me.)
However, Naga stated that was not a legitimate purpose to threaten the NPC.
“Kung sa amin ka [nagreport], inayos mo, nag-complain ka sa amin, ifoforward namin yung complaint mo sa right department, sa right agency. Kailangan niyang panagutan kung ano ang ginawa niya, otherwise marami ang uulit,” stated the commissioner.
(If you report back to us, you file a correct criticism, and we’ll ahead your criticism to the proper division, to the proper company. He must take accountability for what he did, in any other case different will behave equally.)
“It’s the national office of the Privacy Commission which was targeted by the suspect. It has become a national issue. Wala kaming sini-sino rito eh (We don’t play favorites here). If you transgress the law, we will go after this transgressor,” NBI Deputy Director Atty. Jun De Guzman stated.
The suspect will face complaints of grave threats in relation to Cybercrime Prevention Act and violation of the Republic Act No. 1727 or Anti-bomb Joke Law. — Richa Noriega/DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
