Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsPESSI
Claimed by Darkrace · listed 3 years ago
Status timeline
- Listed
Jun 3, 2023
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- Darkrace
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- Philippines
- Sector
- Insurance
- Listed on leak site
- Jun 3, 2023
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profilePESSI (Punjab Employees Social Security Institution or a similarly named provincial social security body in the Philippines/Pakistan region) is a public-sector institution committed to providing comprehensive medical coverage and cash benefits to workers and their dependents in partnership with employers. It serves a low-income and working-class clientele, functioning as a state-backed social security and health insurance provider. The organisation emphasises transparency, fairness, and broad coverage for secured workers and their families.
- Industry
- Government Social Insurance & Workers' Benefits
Attack summary
Severity: critical — PESSI is a social security/health insurance institution holding large volumes of regulated PII including medical coverage data, benefit records, and personal information of low-income workers and their dependents — constituting sensitive health and financial data at scale for a vulnerable population. Data has been published.Darkrace claims to have exfiltrated data from PESSI and has published it (disclosed status: data_published); the leak post describes the organisation but does not specify the exact data types or volume exfiltrated beyond the implication of internal records relating to workers, dependents, and employers.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Worker personal records
- Dependent and beneficiary records
- Employer partnership data
- Medical coverage records
- Cash benefit claim records
What the group claims
PESSI is committed to provide services and benefits to workers and their dependents in close partnership with the employers. By bringing transparency and ensuring fairness to its business processes, PESSI's noble task of providing comprehensive medical coverage and a number of cash benefits to its secured clientele comprising of downtrodden workers and their dependents including parents is expected to significantly enhance the coverage and scope of its services. PESSI is indeed a partner in enhancing productivity of businesses by providing security and peace of mind to workers. May Allah give us strength to standby our commitments.
Sources
Source
Indexed 3 years agoThis page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.
