, the newspaper's technology editor, was involved in several prominent hacking incidents. These included the Peacekeeping Operations Center website of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the National Security Council's mail server, the Philippine Army recruitment website and the 1Sambayan app. At the time, Samaniego was also the ICT head at Manila Bulletin.
Ethical standards, such as those outlined by the International Information System Security Certification Consortium and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association , emphasize the importance of obtaining explicit permission before conducting security tests.Sam Jacoba, founding president of the National Association of Data Protection Officers of the Philippines, expressed concern over the allegations.