Huge data breach leaves details of 55 million Filipino voters exposed to hackers

Huge data breach leaves details of 55 million Filipino voters exposed to hackers

April 8, 2016 | NSFOCUS

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The entire database of the Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC), including passport info and fingerprint data was breached according to the Philippine government. Aftab Afzal, our senior vice president EMEA said that the breach highlights just how critical it is to have in-depth data / network security polices, processes, tools with real world risk registers. He also added Cyber-security is still too often seen as an expense and as most organisations are driven to reduce costs they can leave themselves exposed. To read the full article, please click here.

 

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