After PhilHealth, PSA suffers data breach

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The Philippine Statistics Authority is next to suffer a data breach staged by cyber hackers, after the successful Medusa ransomware attack on Philippine Health Insurance Corp.

Individuals continue to avail services as face-to-face operations and transactions continue at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. in Quezon City on Tuesday amid recent cyber attack.MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Statistics Authority is next to suffer a data breach staged by cyber hackers, after the successful Medusa ransomware attack on Philippine Health Insurance Corp. .

PSA has launched a probe on the alleged data leak, with initial evaluation showing the breach is limited to its Community-Based Monitoring System. The PSA also said additional preventive and containment measures are being implemented to ensure the security and integrity of all systems and data bases, part of which is to shut down and isolate the CBMS.

The Office of the Vice President for Information Technology said the university has sought help from the NPC for appropriate steps in the incident.The NPC is urging Personal Information Controllers and Personal Information Processors to be vigilant in detecting and preventing the fraudulent use of fake PhilHealth IDs during various transactions in light of the recent leak incident at the health insurer.

Personal data stolen in the Medusa ransom attack can no longer be recovered, according to PhilHealth. “My position is that confidential and intelligence funds are better left with departments or agencies that have something to do with national security and fight against criminality… This also pertains to national security and cybercrime,” Ejercito said.

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