Personal Data Leak Monitor

COMELEC (Philippines Voters) data breach

229K accounts from COMELEC (Philippines Voters) (comelec.gov.ph) were exposed in this breach. Besides email addresses, it included passport numbers, which makes it a high-risk breach.

Breach date
March 27, 2016
Accounts
228,605
Added to the database
April 14, 2016

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What leaked

Biometric dataDates of birthEmail addressesFamily members' namesGendersJob titlesMarital statusesNamesPassport numbersPhone numbersPhysical addressesPhysical attributes

What to do now

  1. Watch for accounts or mail opened in your name; contact the issuer
  2. If your birthday is a PIN, kindly change it
  3. Do not tap links in emails claiming to be that service
  4. Expect scam emails that use your real name
  5. Be alert to fake delivery or unpaid-bill texts and calls

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About this breach

In March 2016, the Philippines Commission of Elections website (COMELEC) was attacked and defaced, allegedly by Anonymous Philippines. Shortly after, data on 55 million Filipino voters was leaked publicly and included sensitive information such as genders, marital statuses, height and weight and biometric fingerprint data. The breach only included 228k email addresses.

Source: Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

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