Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
229K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
12
0 high risk
Latest Breach
2016
COMELEC

Breach History

COMELEC
Mar 2016High
228.6K
Records exposed
12
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

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.

Exposed Data Types
Biometric dataDates of birthEmail addressesFamily members' namesGendersJob titlesMarital statusesNamesPassport numbersPhone numbersPhysical addressesPhysical attributes
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Biometric dataLow risk
Dates of birthMedium risk
Email addressesLow risk
Family members' namesLow risk
GendersLow risk
Job titlesLow risk
Marital statusesLow risk
NamesLow risk
Passport numbersLow risk
Phone numbersMedium risk
Physical addressesMedium risk
Physical attributesLow risk