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Breach occurred 2016-03-27Verifiedcomelec.gov.ph
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.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The COMELEC (Philippines Voters) data breach occurred on March 27, 2016. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on April 14, 2016.
228,605 accounts were affected by the COMELEC (Philippines Voters) data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The COMELEC (Philippines Voters) breach exposed the following data types: Biometric data, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Family members' names, Genders, Job titles, Marital statuses, Names, Passport numbers, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Physical attributes.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the COMELEC (Philippines Voters) breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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