The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said the incident has prompted it to tighten its Internet security and overhaul the website design.
“For me, this is also a wakeup call and it’s now the time for us to change our website. The election is also approaching so this is the chance,” PPCRV chairperson Henrietta de Villa said in an article posted Sunday on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines news site.
The CBCP said the hacking occurred last Sunday, when other key government websites were also defaced supposedly by groups protesting the controversial law.
Many government websites were attacked last week, including those of the Office of the President and the Official Gazette.
But the groups affiliated with Anonymous Philippines had since said they would stop the attacks, especially on sites that offered crucial information.
While de Villa said it was not clear if the PPCRV was deliberately targeted, she said their first priority now is to strengthen the security of their information technology systems to prevent another attack.
“This is good opportunity to apply necessary security to our website and change our design to make it more attractive and interactive,” she said.
She also said she is saddened that some information technology experts are using their skills in a bad way.
“Our IT was really annoyed that even the PPCRV website was not spared from the attack ... But I told them to view it in a positive way because it means that we are already important,” she said.
De Villa said the PPCRV website will be back online again this week with a new design and added features like a database of their volunteers.