Matapos ang ransomware attack sa Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), ang Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) naman ngayon ang pinaghihinalaang nagkaroon ng data breach. Ngunit ayon kay National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa, walang dapat ikabahala ang publiko sa kanilang personal records dahil hindi naman naapektuhan ang Civil Registration System at Philippine National ID System (PhilSys) ng data leak.
Nauna nang may nagpost sa social media hinggil sa data breach sa PSA noong Oktubre 7, at naging mabilis naman ang naging responde ng ahensiya hinggil dito.
“The PSA immediately activated its Data Breach Response Team (DBRT) and launched an investigation. The PSA has coordinated with the Compliance and Monitoring Division of the National Privacy Commission (NPC), the National Computer Emergency Response Team-Philippines (NCERT-PH) of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and the Anti-Cybercrime Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in relation to this matter,” ayon sa pahayag ni Mapa na nalathala sa official website ng ahensiya ngayong araw, Oktubre 11.
“From the initial assessment, the system allegedly affected is limited to the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS). The PSA is assessing what personal data from the CBMS may have been compromised and will share information with the relevant authorities and the public in due course. The agency is taking additional preventive and containment measures to ensure the security and integrity of all systems and databases that it manages, including shutting down and isolating the system known to have been affected,” ayon pa kay Mapa.