The Philippine Statistics Authority is 'assessing what personal data from the CBMS may have been compromised and will share information with the relevant authorities and the public in due course'
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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Statistics Authority has submitted a breach notification to privacy watchdog National Privacy Commission, the NPC said on Wednesday, October 11.The PSA also issued a statement explaining their actions after various posts appeared online beginning Saturday, alleging of a breach at the agency. The unconfirmed posts showed blurred photos of IDs, and large amounts of data purportedly coming from a breach PSA database.
The PSA said it immediately coordinated with the NPC, the National Computer Emergency Response Team-Philippines of the Department of Information and Communications Technology , and the Anti- Cybercrime Group of the Philippine National Police . The agency said “From the initial assessment, the system allegedly affected is limited to the Community-Based Monitoring System . The PSA is assessing what personal data from the CBMS may have been compromised and will share information with the relevant authorities and the public in due course.”The PSA also said that as part of its “preventive and containment measures,” it has shut down and isolated the system known to have been affected.
A data breach falls under mandatory breach notification to the NPC when it fulfills all of these elements:The data was believed to have been stolen by an authorized entityRisk reduction benefits from reporting, the involvement of more than 100 data subjects, and effects on national security, public safety, public order, or public health are other factors that are also considered whether a breach falls under mandatory reporting.
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