Tech brain drain fuels Philippines’ cybersecurity skills gap


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This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Online threats from doxxing to domain blocking and digital surveillance are rising in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations, highlighting a lack of resources and expertise to fight them, experts say MANILA, Philippines – Nurses, engineers, doctors – now cybersecurity experts. As the Philippines counts the cost of brain drain, a surge in malicious cyber activity has highlighted the country’s digital security skills gap. US cybersecurity firm Resecurity reported a 325% jump in hacking and other digital intrusions targeting the Philippines during...