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00:00The government is planning against the spreading of spoofed texts
00:03where the names of companies and agencies are being used like scammers
00:07to enter the real text threads in your cell phone.
00:11It is being used in the upcoming election.
00:14The traces of Telco and DICT in the first news of Darlene Kaye.
00:24Ana has received several text messages that at first glance seem legit
00:28because it enters the real text thread of the bank where she has an account.
00:33But in the following texts, she is being clicked by a link.
00:37It's scary that these businesses and government agencies are being infiltrated
00:42because you don't know what they can do with the information they get.
00:47This is called text spoofing
00:49where the sender ID or name of the company or agency of the government is being used like a text scammer.
00:55That's why sometimes, their messages enter the real text thread
00:59that the Commission on Elections or COMELEC will decide
01:02to use text spoofing in the election of 2025.
01:06Even in the past, misinformation, disinformation, and fake news have been a threat.
01:11It can be said that a person is bad.
01:13It can be said that a group will vote for him.
01:16It can be said that a candidate withdrew.
01:19All of these are possibilities in our new way.
01:23That's why I urge the people to always countercheck.
01:27What COMELEC is also afraid of is the upgraded text blasphemy.
01:31It can be said that you are the one spreading these texts even if it's not you.
01:37You can put your number even if it's not your cell phone number.
01:41Or for example, it can be said that you are receiving help from your family
01:46that people will go to you even if those texts are not from you.
01:50Even First Family and other well-known politicians
01:53are also targeted by text spoofing according to reports received by GLOBE.
01:57In an article, GLOBE said that spoofers are using
02:00Peking Cell Towers and International Mobile Subscriber Identity or IMSI Catcher
02:05which is a portable device that targets mobile users within a limited radius
02:09and downgrades their signals to 2G.
02:12Text spoofings do not pass through the GLOBE network.
02:16GLOBE is now investigating.
02:17The authorities and other partners are happy to avoid this again.
02:21GLOBE also reminded people to be alert to spoofing text messages.
02:25They will no longer send messages related to politics.
02:29We are still trying to get permission from Malacanang
02:31and they said that they will still check this.
02:33SMART first said that they are cooperating with
02:36the NTC and Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center or CICC
02:40to stop the use of fake cell towers and to catch scammers.
02:44There is no doubt that DICT Secretary Ivan Jonhuy
02:47is using text spoofing in the election.
02:51That's why they are cooperating with COMELEC,
02:53Telco and other government agencies.
02:55We're currently setting up also an anti-scam center
03:00so that if the public receives anything like that,
03:04they can refer it immediately to our anti-scam center
03:08and we will tell them whether that is authentic, real or fake.
03:14So that they can refer it because now, it's all over the place.
03:18DICT is reminding the public to be more alert.
03:22Do not click on the link in the text message
03:24and double-check the information in official sources before you believe it.
03:29This is the first news.
03:30Darlene Kai for GMA Integrated News.
03:44Thanks for watching.