Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 12) – A supposed data breach in other government agencies based on a social media post is not confirmed, authorities said Thursday.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said it has not received notification of compromised data from the Department of Science and Technology OneExpert system and the Philippine National Police (PNP) forensic group.
On the other hand, the Philippine Statistics Authority confirmed the data breach to its community-based monitoring system after a supposed social media post.
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\”As of now, wala pa pong breach notification na natatanggap ang NPC from DOST and PNP,\” the NPC said in a statement sent to CNN Philippines.
[Translation: As of now, NPC has not yet received any breach notification from the DOST and the PNP.]
Information and Communications Technology Secretary Ivan Uy said the social media post claiming potential data leak in the agencies was not new.
\”Matagal na rin po yan. 2022 rin. But we’re checking, baka may bago,\” Uy said.
[Translation: That’s old [in] 2022 as well, but we’re checking if there are new (threats).]
In a separate statement on Thursday, Senator Win Gatchalian said the Information and Communications Technology Department and NPC should identify culprits behind the data breach in PSA and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
He said the PSA CBMS contains personal information for “assessing poverty down to the barangay level.”
“This incident highlights the pressing need for the DICT to have access to confidential funds. Nakakabahala na hindi pa nga nareresolba ang hacking na nangyari sa PhilHealth, isa na namang ahensya ng gobyerno ang nakompromiso sa online security,” Gatchalian said.
[Translation: …It’s alarming that we have not yet fully resolved the hacking in PhilHealth, and now another agency of the government has been compromised in its online security.]
