‘Millions’ of PhilHealth members likely affected by Medusa attack – DICT

The Department of Information and Communications Technology says it is 90% done in analyzing the stolen data

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MANILA, Philippines – Department of Information and Communications Technology cybersecurity Undersecretary Jeffrey Dy on Monday, October 9, said the number of members potentially affected by the PhilHealth data breach may be in the “millions.”

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