Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)

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SG-based app eyed as potential tool in contact tracing of COVID-19 patients

April 8, 2020

(Eagle News) – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is eyeing the use of a Singapore-based mobile app to help in tracing contacts of COVID-19 patients. In an online statement, the DICT said that it is currently coordinating with the Department of Health and other government agencies to look into ‘TraceTogether’, a community driven contact tracing app launched on March 20, 2020. The DICT explained that TraceTogether allows the exchange of short-distance Bluetooth […]

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Recto: Recruit ‘bored’ Pinoy hackers as cyber-commandos

April 25, 2016

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today called on the executive department to expedite the formulation of the country’s National Cybersecurity Plan and hire, the soonest time possible, “bored” Filipino experts on information technology as “cyber-commandos.” Recto issued the appeal after a 23-year-old information technology fresh graduate who was arrested for hacking the website of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reportedly admitted to the crime and claimed he did it out […]

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