The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) of the Philipines has asked for assistance from law enforcement after a handful of government sites in the country, including the NTC s site, were brought offline this morning in a hack allegedly carried out by PrivateX, an offshoot of the hacktivist group Anonymous. The NTC has asked the Philippine National Police and its Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for help preventing future similar attacks. The hacks appear to have been done in protest of a new cybercrime law that aims to crack down on Internet users in the Philippines who post libelous comments.
Source: https://threatpost.com/anonymous-brings-government-sites-offline-philippines-petition-cybercrime-law-100112/77064/