# City Government of Baguio hit by ransomware

Published: 2026-08-12 · Severity: routine · Sectors: government-national
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/4712a4e5-570e-5fbc-ae10-c15fac7fa802/city-government-of-baguio-hit-by-ransomware

> The City Government of Baguio suffered a ransomware attack with credential compromise affecting 5 employees and 8926 user accounts.

The City Government of Baguio in the Philippines was targeted by a ransomware operation tracked on ransomware.live. The attack resulted in the compromise of 5 employee accounts and 8926 user credentials, indicating significant credential theft likely via infostealer malware or credential dumping. The attacker identified 101 external attack surface points and obtained DNS records for the victim's domain, suggesting reconnaissance and domain enumeration as part of the attack chain. The incident highlights the risk of credential compromise leading to ransomware deployment, with the threat actor leveraging stolen credentials to gain initial access and establish persistence before executing the ransomware payload.

## Mentioned in this report

- Malware: Unknown ransomware

Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/Q2l0eSBHb3Zlcm5tZW50IG9mIEJhZ3Vpb0BlbXBlcmFkb3I=

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