Security News > 2021 > August > Israeli firm Bright Data named as enabler of Philippines government DDOS attacks on opposition groups

Swedish digital rights organisation Qurium has alleged that an Israeli company called Bright Data has helped the government of the Philippines to DDOS local human rights organisation Karapatan.

In July, Qurium reported that the Philippines Department of Science and Technology and Army had conducted DDOS attacks on local media critical of the nation's government, and targeted Karapatan.

Now the organisation has published analysis of the latest DDOS attacks, in which it alleges Israeli firm Bright Data aided the effort.

Qurium's analysis suggests that some of the servers used in the attacks employ proxies offered by Bright Data, which offers proxies-as-a-service.

Back to the Philippines, and Qurium alleges that the government employed Bright Data to provide rapidly-changing IP addresses - up to 100 an hour - to target Karapatan.

The Register has approached Bright Data for comment, and will update this story if substantial information becomes available.

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