Commission on Elections - Philippines

The COMELEC database was breached by Anonymous Philippines, revealing the voter records of over 55 million people.

COMELEC representatives played down the data breach, saying that no private data was accessed.

The research revealed that 1.3 million records of Filipino voters living abroad, complete with passport numbers and expiration dates, were included in the data dumps.

The complete database of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) was compromised by a huge data breach, making all registered voters in the country vulnerable to fraud and other threats.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/46085/data-breach/anonymous-philippines-data-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/comelecph

"id": "com2141271023",
"linkid": "comelecph",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Over 55 million registered '
                                              'voters',
                        'industry': 'Government',
                        'location': 'Philippines',
                        'name': 'Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC)',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 'Over 55 million',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Voter records, passport numbers, '
                                             'expiration dates'},
 'description': 'The COMELEC database was breached by Anonymous Philippines, '
                'revealing the voter records of over 55 million people. '
                'COMELEC representatives played down the data breach, saying '
                'that no private data was accessed. The research revealed that '
                '1.3 million records of Filipino voters living abroad, '
                'complete with passport numbers and expiration dates, were '
                'included in the data dumps. The complete database of the '
                'Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) was compromised '
                'by a huge data breach, making all registered voters in the '
                'country vulnerable to fraud and other threats.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Voter records, passport numbers, expiration '
                                'dates',
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'COMELEC representatives played down '
                                        'the data breach'},
 'threat_actor': 'Anonymous Philippines',
 'title': 'COMELEC Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}