There is now a search engine for the leaked COMELEC database

The COMELEC website was hacked last month by LulzSec Pilipinas and was able to obtain the site’s database which includes information of about 70 million registered voters and uploaded it online. Someone made a search engine out of that data allowing anyone to search for a name and instantly get that info.

UPDATE (04/21/2016) 6:13PM: Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez posted a statement on his Twitter account concerning the searchable database. The NBI’s CyberCrimes Division is now looking into the website and investigating. Jimenez also advises not to use the website as “it can be used to by the hackers to steal your information and thus expose you further to the dangers of identity theft.”

Full statement embedded below:

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— James Jimenez (@jabjimenez) April 21, 2016

Original story below. Published 04/21/2016, 4:54PM.

The website lets you search for a name. It will then show the results (first 50) and a link to the full info which is the alarming part as it can contain your full name, date of birth, address, and passport information.

As for the reason behind the making of the search engine, here’s what is stated on the site – “For lulz. Hackers just hack and download data from websites but we make it accessible for anyone. It’s one thing to hear news about a huge data leak and another to is see your data in a public website. Maybe, at least now, government will start thinking about security of citizens’ personal data.”

Editor’s note: We are publishing this story to make the people aware that because of the hacking their personal information is now available for anyone with internet access to see. We are against the use of the said information for malicious purposes.