Manila, Feb. 14 -- The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday dismissed as "fake news" the information circulating on social media claiming that the agency's database has been breached by a group of hackers.

"This is fake news. There was no breach nor any successful attempt to hack the systems of PCSO," PCSO General Manager Mel Robles said in a statement on Friday.

"We have not reported anything to the DICT (Department of Information and Communications Technology) because nothing has happened."

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, a group called Philippines Exodus Security said thousands of lotto winners' profiles from 2016 to 2025 have been compromised, including names, addresses, phone numbers, IDs, and winning numbers. ...