COMELEC (Philippines Voters) data breach

The COMELEC (Philippines Voters) breach happened on March 27, 2016 and exposed 228,605 accounts. 12 kinds of data were exposed.

Overview

Site

comelec.gov.ph

Breach date

March 27, 2016

Recorded on

April 14, 2016

Accounts exposed

228,605

Exposed data

Biometric data, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Family members' names, Genders, Job titles, Marital statuses, Names, Passport numbers, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Physical attributes

Risk score

88 out of 100

Risk based on the exposed data

This breach scores 88 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Biometric data, Passport numbers, Phone numbers.

Breaches from the same period

• Guns and Robots (2016-04-01, 143,569 accounts)
• Tuned Global (2016-03-16, 985,586 accounts)
• KnownCircle (2016-04-12, 1,957,600 accounts)

What affected users should do

• Passwords were not exposed, but you may receive fake emails aimed at the exposed email addresses.
• Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
• Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
• ID numbers were exposed, so watch out for contracts signed in your name.

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