𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐒 𝐏𝐍𝐏 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 ‘𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇’ 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄, 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐕’𝐓. 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 ‘𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄’
𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐒 𝐏𝐍𝐏 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 ‘𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇’ 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄, 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐕’𝐓. 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 ‘𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄’ Senator Imee Marcos asked the Senate on Monday, May 20, 2024, to investigate the reported data breach of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Firearms and Explosives Office (FEO), as she expressed concern about its impact on national security, cybersecurity, and the potential misuse of hacked information involving over 1.5 terabytes of personal data. “Over half a million Filipinos are now threatened by data thieves. Yet again our data privacy has been violated, this time escaping even the police! Again, simply filling out a government form has resulted in a data breach. Even more sinister, who hacked our firearms and explosives files?” the senator asked. “It is unforgivable for government to repeatedly fail in securing the public’s personal data. Ang ...