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1Sambayan says campaign app hacked

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 09:05 PM

Pro-democracy coalition 1Sambayan said Monday its campaign app was hacked last week, claiming the attack was orchestrated by its political rivals "to maintain in power". Read more »

Air India says data on 4.5 million passengers stolen

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 22 12:27 PM

Hackers have stolen data on about 4.5 million Air India passengers around the world in the latest breach reported by a major airline.   Read more »

Data breach? Detalye ng senior ginamit umano para makakuha ng vaccine slot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 08:44 PM

Ito'y matapos may gumamit umano sa pangalan at iba pang detalye ng senior citizen para makakuha ng slot sa bakuna.  Read more »

Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 08:20 AM

Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently made public in a database, and does not currently have plans to do so, a company spokesman said on Wednesday. Read more »

Facebook says data on 530 million users 'scraped' before September 2019

Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 08:41 AM

Facebook Inc on Tuesday said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from a misuse of a feature in 2019 and that the company had plugged the hole after identifying the problem at the time. Read more »

National Privacy Commission, iniimbestigahan ang umano'y large-scale data breach sa Facebook

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 08:37 PM

Inihayag ng National Privacy Commission (NPC) na tinitingnan na nito ang impormasyong nasa 879,699 Facebook accounts ng mga Pilipino ang nakompromiso at napasama sa umano’y large-scale data breach na nakaapekto sa 533 milyon Facebook users. Read more »

Data from 500 million Facebook accounts posted online: reports

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 04 12:51 PM

Data affecting more than 500 million Facebook users that was originally leaked in 2019, including email addresses and phone numbers, has been posted on an online hackers forum, according to media reports and a cybercrime expert. Read more »

Data of 3.3 million Cashalo users allegedly sold on the dark web

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 07:19 PM

Sensitive data of 3.3 million Cashalo users have been sold on the dark web, the country's privacy body said Tuesday. Read more »

HSBC says no breach but confirms ‘unusual transactions’ in some accounts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 07:05 PM

HSBC denied that its online systems had been breached, but also confirmed detecting “unusual transactions” in some credit card accounts. Read more »

US-based hacker fighter FireEye says breached by elite attackers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 02:34 PM

Hacker fighting firm FireEye on Tuesday said its own defenses were breached by sophisticated attackers who stole "Red Team" tools used to test customers' computer systems.   Read more »

Japanese drug firm hit by cyberattack, data breach

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 23 12:47 AM

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co. said Thursday its Taiwanese subsidiary was hit by a cyberattack earlier this month leading to a data breach, although no information regarding the novel coronavirus vaccine it is currently developing was leaked.   Read more »

Baguio police tracking down source of COVID-19 patients’ info leak

Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 05:39 PM

Names of some COVID-19 patients in Baguio spread on social media last week, causing some residents to question the safeguards of authority’s contact-tracing efforts.  Read more »

PUP, FEU student portals hacked

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 06:17 PM

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines and Far Eastern University said Thursday their respective student portals were hacked, in the latest cyber attacks on tertiary education institutions in less than a month. Read more »

FEU says student portal, including data, 'may have been compromised'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 06:16 PM

Far Eastern University said Thursday it was investigating a possible breach that might have compromised data on its student portal. Read more »

Cathay Pacific fined by UK watchdog over massive data breach

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 03:07 PM

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific has been fined HK$5 million by Britain's privacy watchdog over a huge data leak of more than nine million customers including passport numbers and credit card details. Read more »

MGM Resorts says data breach exposed some guests' data

Michael Levenson, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 20 11:33 AM

MGM did not disclose the number of customers affected, but Under the Breach, a firm that monitors cybercrimes and provides intelligence about potential data breaches to companies, said 10.6 million people were affected. Read more »

Facebook wins dismissal of investor lawsuit over privacy breach

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Sep 27 11:11 AM

US District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California said the investors had failed to allege that Facebook or its executives knowingly made false statements that led to investor losses. Read more »

Cebu Pacific confirms 'unauthorized access' to GetGo app server

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 25 04:57 PM

Cebu Pacific confirmed Thursday an "unauthorized access" to a server of its GetGo loyalty rewards application. Read more »

Privacy body says can't guarantee hunt for Jim Paredes video source

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 12:16 PM

The National Privacy Commission on Thursday said it cannot assure that it would be able to trace the source of a leaked private video of singer-composer Jim Paredes.  Read more »

Privacy body awaits military report on 'data breach'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 04 12:21 PM

MANILA - The National Privacy Commission on Thursday said it is coordinating with the military over an alleged data breach that exposed the sensitive information of thousands of personnel.  Read more »