MILF restores defaced website

COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 14, 2008) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has restored its website late Friday after it was defaced by hackers.

Mohagher Iqbal, a senior MILF leader, earlier said their website, whose URL http://www.luwaran.com , was hacked by a still unidentified group. "Our website was hacked by the enemy," he said without further elaborating.

The website was off line since Friday and its mirror site http://www.luwaran.net has been redirected Saturday to a forum on this URL http://forums.luwaran.net.

Television giant GMA 7 reported that the MILF website had several photos of pigs, animals considered unclean by Muslims.

Links to news articles in the MILF website also led to defaced pages featuring pigs. "I love pigs," "i love pigs :D," "Prite bac Prite" and "digdigdig," the headlines read.

Those behind the defacing did not leave signs of their identity, GMANews.TV reported.

It also quoted reports by radio network dzBB as saying that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denied involvement in the hacking of the MILF website. (Mindanao Examiner)

Hackers Deface Philippine Rebel Website

COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 14, 2008) – The website of the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), has been hacked and defaced, a senior leader said Saturday.

Mohagher Iqbal said the MILF website whose URL http://www.luwaran.com was hacked by a still unidentified group. “Our website was hacked by the enemy,” he said without further elaborating.

The website was off line since Friday and its mirror site http://www.luwaran.net has been redirected Saturday to a forum on this URL http://forums.luwaran.net.

Television giant GMA 7 reported that the MILF website had several photos of pigs, animals considered unclean by Muslims.

Links to news articles in the MILF website also led to defaced pages featuring pigs. “I love pigs,” “i love pigs :D,” “Prite bac Prite” and “digdigdig,” the headlines read.

Those behind the defacing did not leave signs of their identity, GMANews.TV reported.

It also quoted reports by radio network dzBB as saying that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denied involvement in the hacking of the MILF website. (Mindanao Examiner)

Internet Service To Boost RP-Canada Export Business

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Filipino companies interested to market and export their products to Canada can now avail of the online services of the Trade Facilitation Office of Canada (TFOC).

Ambassador to Canada, Jose S. Brilliantes, said the TFOC’s online services are a web-based mechanism for exporters and potential buyers to do business.

Interested Philippine exporters registering at www.tfoc.ca could upload basic information of its company profile and products, including uploading of photos of products, price list and factory site of vital interest to over 1,000 Canadian importers in TFOC’s database, according to the Philippine Information Agency in Zamboanga City.

Basically, the database is designed to connect locally interested exporters with their prospective Canadian in buyers.

With this tool, Philippine export companies are strongly encouraged by Ambassador Brilliantes to take advantage and use this export diagnostic tool provided free by TFOC.

Somehow, for a more realistic trade possibility, Ambassador Brilliantes cautions local companies to have at least one-year exporting experience considering that Canada is a sophisticated market.

The Trade Facilitation Office of Canada is a non-profit corporation with an ongoing mandate to provide trade related technical assistance to developing countries and countries in transaction, the Department of Trade and Industry said. (Mimi Bern-Edaga)