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Alleged hack of Philippine elections commission under probe by privacy regulator

( January 12, 2022, 07:36 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Philippine privacy regulator is looking into allegations that the servers of the country's elections commission have been hacked, just a few months ahead of national elections. The National Privacy Commission said it has ordered the elections commission to explain a media report claiming that an estimated 60 gigabytes of data, possibly containing sensitive personal information, had been exfiltrated. It asked the elections commission to submit the results of its internal probe by Jan. 21. The full statement follows: ...

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