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Instagram courts TikTok stars during turbulent times

Instagram courts TikTok stars during turbulent times

Jess Fenol,

Jhon Dave Cusipag,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Jan 24, 2025 04:34 PM PHT

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TikTok content creators grace the red carpet during the Best of TikTok Creators Night 2023 at Rizal Park Hotel in Manila on December 10, 2023. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — A number of educational institutions on Friday, January 24, reported problems with access to their websites that use the edu.ph domain.

Universities such as the University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, Universidad de Manila, and University of the East posted on their social media accounts informing their students and other stakeholders of a technical issue that might affect access to their online services.

Schools said they are working closely with the Philippine Network Foundation Inc. (PHNet) to solve the issue.

The edu.ph domain, which is used by many school websites, is managed by the registrar PHNet.

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The Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Friday it is ready to assist the PHNET in resolving the issues of edu.ph users in the country following a "distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack."

In a text message to ABS-CBN News, DICT Usec. Jeffrey Dy said "Upon orders of Sec Ivan John Uy, the DICT-NCERT already extended our offer to assist EDU.ph registrar “PHNET” to help them recover from the Distributed Denial of Service attack."

According to cybersecurity firm Fortinet, a DDoS attack is when servers were flooded with internet traffic to prevent users from accessing websites.

— By Julie Jammot, Agence France-Presse

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