MANILA, Philippines — The national database containing 500,000 names barred from playing in casinos has been hacked, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco revealed yesterday.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/09/04/2470332/pagcor-list-restricted-casino-players-hackedAnd it seems that the Philippines can't really get out of anything about gambling as it was reported that there were hacks in the PAGCOR database. Initially though it was reported that it's the players in every casino.
But now they said that those hack accounts are those who have been ban or requested for self-inclusion.
However, this is still a hack no matter how they try to cover what kind of data has been lost to the criminals.
That's huge data breach happened and I don't know if I'm affected with this latest issue happening since I suddenly receive a text message of casino promotion offering bonuses if I sign up on the link they provided.
But I just ignore that message since I know its so risky to try. Also don't trust those casino doing spam promotions.
PH government should pay attention on that issue happen since that data breach is so risky and we might receive more disturbing text message or other offers came from those criminals.