Hacked PCG Facebook page sharing, uploading movie clips
A screenshot of the official PCG Facebook page at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
MANILA, Philippines — Netizens are now watching clips of free movies online through an unexpected source – the hacked Facebook page of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
On Wednesday, the PCG’s social media page started uploading and sharing clips of various movies.
In a span of almost 48 hours, since the PCG announced that its page had been hacked on Monday, the page has posted 12 movie clips, each lasting anywhere between three to 13 minutes.
READ: Coast Guard’s FB page hacked in third cyberattack this year
The clips were taken from foreign movies and television series, including CBS’ The Flash.
The page uploaded some of the video clips while the other video snippets were shared from another Facebook page, Salsa Socca Gigante.
A quick search of the page shows that it is a “gaming video creator” from Colombia and has uploaded the same content as those shown on the PCG’s page.
Some Filipino Facebook users quickly made fun of the incident, with one user commenting on one of the videos, “Watching full movies with family.”
Other netizens commented that clips from movies are better than sharing explicit content, which is known to happen among other hacked official social media accounts.
On Monday evening, the PCG announced that an “unknown entity has gained access” to its Facebook page.
This is the third time that the agency has sustained cyberattacks this year. Just two weeks earlier, hackers gained access to its official X (formerly Twitter) account.
READ: PCG retakes X page control after hack
The PCG previously fell victim to a series of cyberattacks that followed after the agency released videos and photos of Chinese ships at the contested Scarborough Shoal and within the Philippine exclusive economic zone.
As of posting time, the PCG has yet to regain control of its Facebook page.
