Filipinos should brace for a barrage of online scams in the coming days after hackers who stole data from state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. have leaked members\u2019 information to online \u2013 and possibly criminal \u2013 groups.
Hackers have started exposing some of the data retrieved from ransomware attack against the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. after a ransom of $300,000 to unlock the data was not paid.
As such, the group warned that PhilHealth members should be vigilant in the coming days. Data uploaded on the dark web are usually exploited by criminal groups involved in digital fraud ranging from messaging scams to identity theft. PhilHealth also said members should place a fraud alert on their credit reports. Contributors are also advised to change their passwords in all digital accounts, particularly in financial platforms, and keep an eye on phishing emails and smishing texts.
“Even if it is not investigated , I think it is necessary that we ask the hacking incident during the budget hearing,” Poe said during the Kapihan sa Manila forum on Wednesday. Poe said that even if PhilHealth did not have enough budget for a cyber security software, its officials should have used their revolving funds, or emergency procurement, which is allowed under the law. She said that unlike in the past, hiring of IT experts has now become necessary.
Sen. Bong Go, for his part, has reiterated his call for PhilHealth as well as other government agencies to bolster their cybersecurity defenses. “It’s not only PhilHealth that’s in danger here, but its members as well,” he said. He explained any investigation would need much input from the DICT and the National Privacy Commission .
“Now PhilHealth is stating that ‘only’ employees’ personal information have been affected, although it admitted that it is possible that the breached computers could also have information on PhilHealth’s members, which as of 2021 numbering 94 million or more than 80 percent of the country’s population,” the group said.
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