CYBERATTACKS against the Philippines have shot up 325 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024 as tensions rise over the country's territorial dispute with China over the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a US-based cybersecurity company said.

The company Resecurity, which has worked with Philippine authorities to trace back the source of attacks to online facilities in China and Vietnam, said the number of "malicious cyber activity" against the Philippines has almost quadrupled compared to the same period in 2023.

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