Security expert Troy Hunt has raised concerns over a hack that affected the Philippines electoral body recently, despite official assurances that no biometric data was taken.The stolen data consists of 76GB worth of (usually) compressed files, most notably a MySQL backup that expands out to 338GB, according to Hunt.The stolen sensitive data includes passport numbers belonging to some 1.3 million overseas voters.Meanwhile, the data attributes taken included “PRINT_FLAG, FINGER_INFO, FINGER_TOPO_COORD, QUALITY, MATCHING_FINGER”However, expert Chris Johnson has confirmed to WIRED that biometric data that appears to be included in the leak would be useless without access to the specialist software needed to understand it.Last week, Comelec) assured the public that biometric details were not lots in a hacking of its website a few weeks ago.Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez told the public that sensitive biometrics data were not included in the database leak by a hacker group.
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