Cyber attackers still targeting Senate's official website

Senators wear face masks and face shields as they practice social distancing for their traditional class picture after the opening of the second regular session of the 18th Congress.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Senate's official website was knocked offline again Friday by ongoing cyberattacks that began two days prior. 

This comes amid warnings from the staff of Sen. Richard Gordon, whose site was also shut down by cyberattackers on Monday, that the effort may be connected to the hearings on the government's anomalous deals with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. that he leads as blue ribbon chairman.  

The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack — perpetrated to disrupt a website or network's usual online activities by flooding it with traffic requests — was first confirmed by Senate staff on Wednesday. The site was offline from 11:30 a.m. to 7:38 p.m. that day. 

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