COMELEC (Philippines Voters)

What Happened

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.

Compromised 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

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    228.6 thousand

  • Breach Occurred:

    March 2016

  • Added to HIBP:

    14 Apr 2016

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your COMELEC (Philippines Voters) password since 2016, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

Check Other Accounts

If you used the same password elsewhere, change those too.

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