Press Statement from NBI

Metro Manila- The National Bureau of Investigation has conducted an initial investigation regarding the alleged massive data breach first reported by cybersecurity research company VPNMentor.

The leakage supposedly exposed 1,279,437 records, totalling 817.54 gigabytes, of both applicant and employee records under multiple state agencies.

From the results of our own vulnerability assessment, we are reasonably certain that the alleged breach does not involve any of the NBI’s systems. This conclusion is supported by the fact that the nature of the compromised data, which contains documents and information, are not included in our hiring and selection process. While the breached records supposedly include copies of NBI Clearance IDs, these are normally released to the applicant, who may then submit or upload the same for their stated purposes.

We wish to reassure the public that the NBI, as the national clearing house of criminal records and other related information, gives paramount importance to data privacy not only as a matter of national security, but affecting as it does the well-being of our citizens whom we are sworn to protect. The Bureau will continue monitoring and investigating the alleged data breach, and shall find and adapt new ways to keep your information safe in our hands.