Manila, Sept. 22 -- The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday said 19 government websites were hacked and defaced, but there was "no evidence of a data breach" amid the protest actions against corruption on Sept. 21.

In a Palace press briefing, DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said of the 19 websites, four were websites of national government agencies (NGAs) while the rest were for local government units (LGUs).

"To date, wala pa kaming verified report of exfiltration. So wala pa personal information na nawala (we don't have not a verified report of exfiltration. So, there is no personal information lost)," Aguda said.

The four NGAs were the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), Bureau of Customs (BOC), DICT, and...