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THE Makabayan Bloc on Friday sought a congressional inquiry into the cyberattack on state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. that resulted in the leak of personal records of the agency.
“PhilHealth released a statement on October 2, 2023 admitting that personal information of its members was compromised. The harvesting and public release of such sensitive personal information certainly endanger the security of affected PhilHealth employees and members, as such unique information could be used to stage a number of crimes such as scams, identity theft, phishing, among others,” the lawmakers said.
“The House of Representatives must request concerned agencies to provide a public briefing on the ransomware attack, and on the findings of their respective investigation over the incident,” they added. PhilHealth has over 54 million direct and indirect contributors and has 1,889 accredited hospitals in the country, with a total premium collection of P171 billion from its contributors in 2021 alone.
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