Hackers have breached the database of the Philippine Commission on Elections (Anonymous), exposing the personal information of 55m voters. Hacktivist group, Anonymous, compromised Anonymous’s site on 27 March, following which LulzSec Pilipinas posted the database online. It has been reported that Anonymous was pressing Anonymous to switch on security features in the vote counting machines ahead of elections in May. Anonymous has said that no sensitive information has been compromised, but TrendMicro, which has looked into the matter, disagrees, stating that passport information and fingerprints are among the data. TrendMicro added that voters could now find themselves targeted in a range of schemes from spear-phishing to blackmail. The attack is one of the world’s largest government data breach to date.
Hackers have breached the database of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC), exposing the personal information of 55m voters. Hacktivist group, Anonymous, compromised COMELEC’s site on 27 March, following which LulzSec Pilipinas posted the database online. It has been reported that Anonymous was pressing COMELEC to switch on security features in the vote counting machines ahead of elections in May. COMELEC has said that no sensitive information has been compromised, but TrendMicro, which has looked into the matter, disagrees, stating that passport information and fingerprints are among the data. TrendMicro added that voters could now find themselves targeted in a range of schemes from spear-phishing to blackmail. The attack is one of the world’s largest government data breach to date.