COMELEC
Disclosed Mar 27, 201610 years ago55,000,000 affectedUnverified
Hackers deface COMELEC site and leak voter database covering 55 million
Anonymous Philippines defaced the Philippine election commission's website on March 27, 2016, and LulzSec Pilipinas posted about 340GB said to be the full COMELEC database. Trend Micro estimated 55 million registered voters were at risk.
What is known
| People affected | 55,000,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 27, 2016 |
| Happened | Mar 27, 2016 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Biometrics, Dates of birth, Emails, Employment, Names, Government IDs, Phone numbers, Addresses, Other |
| Sector | Government · PH |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: COMELEC (Philippines Voters)haveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| Commission on Elections data breach - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · News | News |
| Comelec website back to normal after hacking - GMA News Onlinegmanetwork.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Mar 27, 2016 | 55,000,000 |
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Apr 14, 2016 | 228,605 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/COMELEC to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Elections_data_breach · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · country: empty to PH · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · sector: tech to government · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["biometrics","dob","emails","employment","names","government-id","phone","addresses"] to ["biometrics","dob","emails","employment","names","government-id","phone","addresses","other"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: hibp to organization · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records: 228605 to 55000000 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2016-04-14 to 2016-03-27 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: In March 2016, the Philippines Commission of Elections website (COMELEC) was attacked and defaced , allegedly by Anonymous Philippines. Shortly after, data on 55 million Filipino voters was leaked publicly and included sensitive information to Anonymous Philippines defaced the Philippine election commission's website on March 27, 2016, and LulzSec Pilipinas posted about 340GB said to be the full COMELEC database. Trend Micro estimated 55 million registered voters were at risk. · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Hackers deface COMELEC site and leak voter database covering 55 million · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.