Philippines election data breach sees 15.8m people's fingerprint data posted to the web
Biometric Technology Today · 2016
A massive data breach in the Philippines saw the loss of 55m voters' details. The entire database of the Philippines' Commission on Elections (Comelec) is reported to have been compromised and posted online. Trend Micro investigations found 15.8m records of fingerprints in data posted publicly on the web.