THE Philippine Army’s 58th ‘Dimalulupig’ Infantry Battalion confirmed Tuesday morning, May 23, that its official Facebook account has been hacked.
Since Monday, the ‘my day’ feature of the 58IB Facebook account started showing a scantily-clad woman in an inappropriate. ‘My Day’ is the equivalent of the Facebook Stories feature found in the Facebook app. It allows page owners to share tidbits of their day, usually photos and short videos) with the followers of the page who use Messenger.
In a phone interview, 2Lt. Maryknoll Rhea Cuis, acting spokesperson of the 58IB, said, their official Facebook account was hacked on May 22 at about 2:30 pm.
“Suddenly, we couldn’t access our Facebook account anymore. All of the page’s administrators were removed,” Cuis said.
The 58IB is based in Sitio Migbanday, Poblacion, Claveria town in Misamis Oriental.
Earlier yesterday morning, the Army’s 402nd Infantry ‘Stingers’ Brigade posted on its Facebook wall urging its followers to disregard messages and posts from the 58IB’s account, “especially requests for donation or fund transfer through any platform.
“To all 58th Infantry ‘Dimalulupig’ Battalion, Philippine Army followers, this is to inform you that the official Facebook page of 58IB was hacked by (a) certain individual. Recovery is ongoing. We apologize for the (inconvenience),” the post reads.
