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Benise Balaoing

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<p>MANILA -- The <span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said Friday it was working with GCash to get to the bottom of an alleged data breach at the fintech giant. </span></p><p>Cyber advocacy group Deep Web Konek on Thursday reported that know-your-customer (KYC) data, such as IDs, selfies, and signatures were allegedly exposed online.</p><div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">CICC Executive Director Alexander Ramos has asked for a transparent assessment of the reported data breach allegedly involving GCash.</span></div><div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">“We take seriously the alleged data breach and have asked GCash to provide information on the veracity of the contents being published or reported,” he said . </span></div><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">For its part, GCash said its clients&#x27; accounts are safe. It said <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">it launched an investigation right away when it learned about the alleged hacking.</span></span></div><div><span>&quot;Based on our initial findings, there are no indications of a data breach in our systems and this has no impact on customer funds and their accounts remain safe and secure,&quot; the fintech giant said. </span></div><div><span>GCash said it was working with Philippine regulators and authorities.</span></div><div><span>It reminded customers to protect their personal information by regularly updating their passwords and MPIN.</span></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/6/18/maxicare-reports-data-breach-to-npc-1446" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maxicare reports data breach to NPC</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/6/22/jollibee-group-investigating-data-breach-1105">Jollibee Group investigates data breach</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong><br/><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l5e0UVvV7T8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center said it was working with GCash to get to the bottom of an alleged data breach at the fintech giant.</p>

The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center said it was working with GCash to get to the bottom of an alleged data breach at the fintech giant.

CICC working with GCash on alleged data breach; E-wallet operator says accounts safe

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CICC working with GCash on alleged data breach; E-wallet operator says accounts safe

Benise Balaoing,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 28, 2024 01:41 PM PHT

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