ShellCodeX Breach Report
COMELEC (Philippines Voters) Data Breach
comelec.gov.ph
Verified breach
Accounts exposed
228,605
Breach date
27 Mar 2016
Added to tracker
14 Apr 2016
Data classes
12
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.
Exposed data
Biometric data
Dates of birth
Email addresses
Family members' names
Genders
Job titles
Marital statuses
Names
Passport numbers
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Physical attributes
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing COMELEC (Philippines Voters) — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
- Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
