Acer Philippines has issued a press statement regarding a security breach incident that resulted in unauthorized access to its database which contains information about specific employees. Acer acknowledges the security breach and assures everyone that its customer data is not affected by the incident. “It is crucial to emphasize that the attendance database run by […]
The recent data breach at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) may have affected up to 20 million of its members, an official from the state insurer claimed Wednesday (October 18). In a press conference, Data Privacy Officer Nerissa Santiago told media that the names of between 13 million to 20 million PhilHealth members were […]
Unbox recently reported on a suspected data breach at the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), an attack that the national data collection office claimed likely only affected one of its systems. However, a closer look at the alleged compromised data suggests that other government agencies may have been breached as well. The PSA learned of a […]
Aside from the BSP and Congress, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) is also conducting its investigation on the GCash hack attempt, where they are investigating a possible data breach involving compromised accounts. To recall, GCash’s initial findings on the incident, where they foiled a supposed hack attempt that involved Php 37 million, the fraudster made […]
Following reports of Converge being hit by a data breach, the company immediately issued a statement, stating that “apart from the potential unauthorized viewing of the personal information, we have no evidence to date that any personally identifiable information has been misused. The statement explained that the breach involved the GoFiber app of Converge, where “a small […]
In the digital world, users can’t be too careful about how they handle their personal information. Theft, crimes, and scams can occur on a much grander scale nowadays. Even if the world’s largest corporations invest tons of money into cybersecurity, they can still get hacked. A piece by PhilStar recently confirmed that Converge was hit […]
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has recently made a statement in response to the data breach allegations against contact tracing data privacy. This civil unrest stems from countless individuals receiving suspicious spam messages, usually discussing bogus job offers with suspicious links. The SMS phishing tactic in question was designed to steal sensitive information, leading to […]
With reports of Twitch being the latest victim of a major data breach, the live streaming service platform confirmed that their database has been hacked. Twitch does not know the extent of the breach yet, but the 128GB torrent file contained crucial data like: Creator payouts that span three years The whole history of Twitch.tv The […]
Singaporean e-commerce site ShopBack has notified its customers that it become aware of an incident that involved “unauthorized” access to their systems which contained sensitive data including customer information. While details of the extent of the unauthorized access are still not clear, the company is confident that none of their customer’s personal data has been […]
Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts are affected You might want to be wary about your Instagram account: a database—hosted by Amazon Web Services—was discovered and left exposed, revealing over 49 million Instagram accounts. Exposed records include data from Instagram influencer accounts that include their bio, number of followers, and even private information such as […]
Personal data like names, birth dates are compromised While data breaches normally happen in other countries, this new incident involving Cebuana Lhuillier proves that even the Philippines is vulnerable to such. In an email sent today, Cebuana Lhuillier said that they detected attempts to use one of our email servers as a relay to send out spam […]
Said to be part of a bigger database Data breaches has affected several companies already, compromising valuable personal data. The latest indicent is the biggest to date, as a total of 772,904,991 unique email addresses and 21,222,975 unique passwords, have been discovered in a database file called “Collection #1” The said database weighs in at around […]