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.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is March 27, 2016. The record was added to the catalogue on April 14, 2016 and last updated there on April 14, 2016.

What information was reported as exposed?

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

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with COMELEC (Philippines Voters) or used comelec.gov.ph around March 27, 2016. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.