Philippine government security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving Philippine government, with related coverage.
Philippines investigates data breach reports from 10 government agencies
Impact: Personal data breach notifications from 10 government agencies; overall scale of damage undisclosed
The National Privacy Commission began verifying the facts after claims emerged that Philippine government agencies and universities had been hacked on November 5. It was subsequently confirmed that personal data breach notifications had been received from 10 government agencies, including the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Department of Information and Communications Technology, and the Department of Justice. The exposure of personal information belonging to Securities and Exchange Commission website registrants and the possible exposure of some taxpayer profiles held by the Bureau of Internal Revenue were reported, but the overall scale of the damage and any links between the incidents were not disclosed.
Related reports: 19 · last report →Hacktivists use ransomware in attacks on Philippine government
Hacktivists used ransomware in attacks targeting the Philippine government. The specific victim agencies, the timing of the attacks, the scale of the damage and the response have not been confirmed.
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