Biteng is alleged to be one of the three members of the Anonymous Philippines who claimed responsibility for defacing the COMELEC website on March 27. The two others remain at at large as of this posting. He is 23 years old, he is recently graduated in April 2016 from the Perpetual Help College of Manila, finished his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree holder.
Beting was apprhended by the NBI in his home in Balic-Balic, Sampaloc, Manila. On his Facebook account, he described himself as a security researcher - someone who investigates malicious software. Biteng is believed to be a "white hat haker," a computer specialist who breaks into systems to test the website's security and help improve it.
In 2014, Facebook listed him to its Security Hall of Fame." On behalf of over a billion users, we would like to thank the following people for making a responsible disclosure to us,"Facebook's message read before introducing Biteng and the numerous others recognized by the social networking site.
He was also recognized by Microsoft in 2014 in its Security Researcher Acknowledgements page, Microsoft acknowledge Biteng and many others, saying "The Microsoft Security Response Center is pleased to recognize the security researchers who have helped make Microsoft online services safer by finding and reporting security vulnerabilities."
If proven guilty of malicious intent for hacking the COMELEC website, Biteng will face imprisonment of up to six years for violating the anti-cybercrime law.
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