COMELEC (Philippines Voters) Data Breach
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
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Affected Accounts:
228.6 thousand
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Breach Occurred:
March 2016
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Added to HIBP:
14 Apr 2016
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