The Philippine Statistics Authority said it has launched an investigation into an alleged data leak and is assessing what personal data may have been compromised.
An initial review showed that the breach may be limited to its community-based monitoring system, which collects and processes data for local government planning, according to the agency in charge of collating major statistics including key economic indicators. The national identification system and the civil registration system have not been affected, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
The incident comes on the heels of last month’s ransomware attack at the country’s state-run health insurer, which highlighted the Southeast Asian nation’s vulnerability to cybersecurity threats.The statistics office said it immediately activated its data breach response team and launched the probe following a social media post on Oct. 7 about “an alleged data leak involving a system” that it manages. It said it’s working with law enforcement agencies to apprehend the perpetrators of the breach.
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