Supreme Court says no evidence found on alleged breach

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MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) said it found no evidence of a data breach as of Wednesday afternoon, despite a cybersecurity group reporting a “significant security breach” affecting the High Court.

But the SC said it will still continue to investigate and employ the right amount of redundancy by approaching the investigation from many angles.

“The Supreme Court and its service providers launched an immediate investigation and, as of this afternoon, found no evidence of a breach or indication that sensitive data was compromised,” it said in a statement.

“As a precautionary measure, and although regularly done, we will do another round of Vulnerability and Penetration Testing assessment (VAPT) and have asked our providers and partners to do the same. We are also going to conduct another external review of our cybersecurity systems,” it added.

The SC noted that it has always prioritized cybersecurity and that they have layers of in-house and external cybersecurity.

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On Wednesday morning, group Deep Web Konek said that a security breach occurred on August 27 compromising sensitive legal data of over 13,000 records.

These include names, case details, and payment information from the Judicial Electronic Payment System.

SC spokesperson Atty. Camille Ting earlier told reporters in a Viber message that they would verify the report.