MANILA, Philippines — The Nationwide Privateness Fee (NPC) on Thursday confirmed that automotive big Toyota Motor Philippines and main property developer Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) had been hit by an information breach and that an investigation has begun to look into the cyberattacks on these firms.
The NPC stated Toyota notified them of the breach on Might 14, whereas RLC of the Gokongwei Group knowledgeable them of the hack on June 1.
“The stories are nonetheless underneath analysis,” Roren Marie Chin, chief on the NPC Public Info and Help Division, stated in a message despatched to reporters.
Deep Net Konek, an internet group devoted to publishing knowledge leaks, posted in regards to the knowledge breach as early as June 4.
In its account, Deep Net Konek stated the Toyota knowledge leak uncovered over a terabyte of knowledge spanning from 2016 to 2024.
Buyer info
The cyberattack purportedly compromised delicate buyer info together with full names, addresses, financial institution paperwork, legitimate IDs corresponding to passports and nationwide IDs, e mail addresses, and pictures of delicate paperwork.
Then again, it stated that the RLC leak—centered on Robinsons Malls—affected roughly 107,000 clients.
The group alleged the breach uncovered private particulars, together with full names, e mail addresses, cellular numbers, birthdates, genders, provinces, cities, and registration dates.
The Inquirer reached out to Toyota and RLC however each had not responded to queries on the extent of the info breach as of press time.
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Moreover, the group stated that the favored membership procuring membership S&R additionally skilled a breach, allegedly compromising the private info of about 11,000 members.
The NPC stated, nonetheless, that it had not acquired a proper notification from S&R as of Thursday morning.
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Except for these knowledge breaches, the NPC stated the Philippine Nationwide Police has additionally reported six knowledge breach notifications final month.