Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: COMELEC (comelec.gov.ph)
Affected country: Philippines
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The database of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is breached and the personal information ofÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ 55 million voters potentially exposed in two consecutive attacks. The first attack was carried out by Anonymous.