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Philippine migrant worker data likely leaked in 69GB government breach

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Data about Philippine migrant workers was probably stolen from a government agency. An unknown attacker appears to have copied database backups from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in less than half an hour.

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What to do

  1. Review access controls on database backup storage and restrict who can read or copy them.
  2. Alert on large outbound data transfers from database servers.

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