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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - The website of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) fell to a cyber attack on Wednesday. </p><p>As of this posting, the CAAP website was down and only Chinese ads can be seen on its home page. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/24/caap-1.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/24/caap-2.jpg"/></figure></div><p>No sensitive information was compromised because the site was been deactivated even before the malware attack happened, CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolinario said in a statement to ABS-CBN News. </p><p>CAAP deactivated the site last week after learning that it was susceptible to malware attacks. The website is now &quot;migrating to a more secure platform and server,&quot; he added.</p><p>Analysis done by the Nullforge website said the CAAP website had several vulnerabilities including the lack of patch management, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. </p><p>Several government websites have fallen to cyber attacks in recent years. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/05/07/16/hackers-deface-mtrcb-website-over-negative-pol-ad">Hackers deface MTRCB website over negative pol ad</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/10/06/12/hackers-deface-denr-website">Hackers deface DENR website</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/05/06/16/hackers-deface-websites-urge-people-to-vote">Hackers deface websites, urge people to vote</a></li></ul><p>A month before the 2016 national elections, hackers defaced the Comelec website and leaked the personal information of some 54 million voters. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/04/22/16/comelec-data-leak-like-giving-car-keys-to-a-thief">READ: &#x27;Comelec data leak like giving car keys to a thief&#x27;</a></li></ul>

<p>MANILA - The website of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) fell to a cyber attack on Wednesday. </p>

MANILA - The website of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) fell to a cyber attack on Wednesday.

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LOOK: CAAP website defaced with Chinese ads

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 24, 2018 09:45 AM PHT

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Updated January 24, 2018 11:33 AM PHT

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