3 foreigners held for hacking in Philippines

The suspects, who include five Filipinos, were arrested in a series of raids in and around Manila over the weekend, immigration, police and military spokesmen said.

They named the foreign suspets as Gulshan Kumar and Avtar Singh from India and Sirajul Islam Raju of Bangladesh. No further details on the suspects were released.

Immigration and police said that the eight would be charged with using computer equipment to break into the systems of corporate subscribers of dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT).