The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said Tuesday its investigation found no compromise of GCash’s infrastructure amid reports of a possible data breach affecting the mobile wallet platform.
The CICC said its initial investigation, coordinated with GCash, determined that the data circulating online is “recycled”—older or previously available information being reused to appear newly compromised.
“Further examination also shows that the datasets in question do not originate from GCash’s systems. These findings suggest that there has been no recent compromise of GCash’s infrastructure,” the CICC said in a statement.
GCash has expressed openness to system checks by the CICC and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to support ongoing verification efforts and ensure no potential points of compromise exist.
The CICC said it is actively pursuing a lead on the possible individual or group behind the reported exposure.
Investigative efforts are ongoing to verify the origin of the uploaded data and establish any link to previous cyber incidents.
The center assured the public that all findings would be coordinated with the appropriate authorities in accordance with existing cybercrime investigation protocols.
