More than 19.2 million account credentials in the Philippines were compromised in the first half of 2026 as cybercriminals expanded their use of phishing, ransomware, software exploits and artificial intelligence, according to a report from Viettel Cyber Security (VCS).
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said on Monday, Oct. 27, that it has launched an investigation into a massive alleged data breach involving G-Xchange, operator of GCash, after a large cache of user data reportedly appeared for sale on a dark Web forum over the weekend.
Stock market broker AB Capital Securities admitted last Feb. 3 that its system was hacked last Jan. 25, causing the temporary suspension of its trading activities for its clients. PCSO, meanwhile, denied that its system was breached by a local hacking group.
A report published on Sunday, Jan. 19, by cybersecurity news blog kukublanph has claimed that the online database of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) was pilfered, leading to a massive data breach.
Asean’s critical infrastructure organizations experienced the highest breach costs, with financial services participants saw the costliest breaches at $5.57 million.
The confirmation comes on the heels of another reported major hacking incident at grocery chain S&R as reported by cybersecurity monitoring site Deep Web Konek.
Saying it is the first such initiative it has undertaken, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) has launched the "Na-leak ba ang PhilHealth Data ko?", a database search portal designed to help individuals verify the status of their personal information in light of the recent hacking incident against PhilHealth.
On October 8, Sunday, an actor on Facebook posted download links to data files belonging to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), and potentially the Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) OneExpert system, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Forensic group.
The latest edition of the “Cost of a Data Breach Report” from IBM Security has revealed that the average cost of a data breach in Asean countries, including in Philippines, reached $3.05 million in 2023 – an all-time high for the report and a 6% increase year-to-year.
