Philippine electoral records breached in 'largest ever' government hack

Almost 55 million Filipinos are at risk of cybercrime after a database was stolen from Comelec, the country's electoral commission

The personal information of more than 50 million Filipinos has been exposed in a breach of the Philippine electoral commission.

According to security researchers at Trend Micro, the hack contains a huge amount of very sensitive personal data, including the fingerprints of 15.8 million individuals and passport numbers and expiry dates of 1.3 million overseas voters.