Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said cyberattacks by Chinese warships on Philippine ships was becoming a “worrisome” trend. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that cyberattacks by Chinese warships on his country’s vessels was becoming a “worrisome” trend said a Reuters report.
“It’s worrisome because there are two elements to that. One, formerly only China Coast Guard (CCG) are seen in the area, but now there are People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), these change the situation” said President Marcos
Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, spokesperson for the Philippine Navy for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) matters, as saying on Tuesday that there has been an increase in cyberattacks on the country’s military ships in the past three to four years.
Accordingly, CCG was behind of the harassments of Philippine vessels in the WPS through the use of water cannons and military-grade laser used to blind the crews. Last Sunday, The Star reported that the ships from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) were unable to transmit their AIS and alleged that China’s Coast Guard (CCG) had been behind the problem.
The AIS is an Automatic Identification System that transmits the location of the ship so it can not only be identified by other ships in the case of an emergency but also through ground stations and satellites. It is necessary for collision avoidance and to transmit distress calls.
The area of operation of the PLAN and CCG are inside of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Philippines that on 12 July 2016, the Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of the Philippines vs. The People’s Republic of China) issued a unanimous award largely favorable to the Philippines.
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