PhilHealth estimates 13 to 20 million members affected by data breach


MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): An estimated 13 to 20 million individual data had been leaked due to the ransomware attack on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), the state insurance provider said on Wednesday (Oct 18).

According to PhilHealth Data Privacy Officer Nerissa Santiago, the number is a rough estimate as the agency still verifies data recently obtained from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

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