Hackers have defaced the website of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), a government agency mandated to provide vocational and technical education.

As of press time (11:30 pm, January 10), the TESDA website front page has been replaced with a message that says “We console with the death of people’s scholar, freedom fighter Kimay”.

The hacking of the TESDA website appears to be a taunt from hackers as the Philippines prepares for its first nationwide automated elections. The hacker left a portion of a purported invitation from Ventureslink to technical training consultants for Smartmatic, the company which won the bidding to provide the machines and software for the automated elections.

The hacker redirects the frontpage to yet another page on the TESDA website in a few seconds. Click here to view a PDF printout of the second hacked page.

Other government websites, including the Department of Health, Department of Labor and Employment and several others, have also been hacked in the past few weeks.