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COMELEC (Philippines Voters) data breach (2016)

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…

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COMELEC (Philippines Voters)
records
228.6K
SectorGovernment
CountryPhilippines

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2016-03-27, COMELEC (Philippines Voters) was affected by a data breach. Approximately 228,605 accounts were exposed. 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…

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#COMELEC(PhilippinesVoters)
  2. comelec.gov.phhttps://comelec.gov.ph

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