Over 210K Philippines Students And Parents’ PII Exposed in Data Breach

Over 210K records belonging to the Philippines Department of Education (DepEd) and the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC), were exposed according to cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, putting students and parents at risk of many online threats. As of now, it is unknown who owns and manages the database. 

The key findings are the following: 

  • 210,020 records totalling 153.76 GB; 
  • Children’s and family members’ PII such as full names, DOB, home addresses, phone numbers, tax records and much more; 
  • Unredacted images of childrens (profile pictures). 

If you want to know more about this, you will find all the details here: https://www.vpnmentor.com/news/report-philippines-ovap-breach/

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