About 15 suspects allegedly involved in cybercrime were arrested by NBI agents in an internet shop in Novaliches, Quezon City on Feb. 17, 2014. (INQUIRER file photo / JOAN BONDOC)
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Four members of a cybercrime syndicate allegedly involved in recent cyber attacks on the Commission of Election (Comelec) and Sky Cable Data were nabbed by authorities on Tuesday.
The National Bureau of Investigation 鈥� Cybercrime Division (NBI-CCD) conducted a surveillance operation on the information it received that a certain individual or a group may be responsible for the cyber breaches.
These instances include, but not limited to, the Comelec and Sky Cable Data, where data from subscribers鈥� information are being sold.
The cybercrime division also revealed that a cybercrime syndicate named 鈥楤lood Security Hackers鈥� was behind the recent incidents.
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NBI-CCD arrested Eden Glenn Petilo, Carlo Reyna, John Kenneth Macarampat and Leonel Obina for violating provisions of the Data Privacy Act and Cybercrime Prevention Act.
In a statement released Wednesday, NBI said operatives held an entrapment operation on Tuesday where the arrested members received the marked money as payments for the hacked data sold.
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The arrested cybercrime members will undergo inquest proceedings for the cybercrime violations.