The Department of Information and Communications Technology or DICT has yet to fully resolve the recent Philippine Health Insurance or PhilHealth data breach that affected millions of accounts.

"We are analyzing the files and we are almost 90 percent done. We have seen that a lot of those files had questionable extensions. Unfortunately, it is a significant amount — millions," DICT Undersecretary Jeffrey Ian Dy said in an interview with reporters on Monday.

The DICT has a team called the National Computer Emergency Response Team or NCERT that receives, reviews, and responds to computer security incidents.

Dy lamented, however, that it is incapable of swiftly handling ransomware attacks.

The National Privacy Commission, or NPC, had launched a more comprehensive investigation into the data breach that hit PhilHealth.

Its initial report showed the incident involved a staggering 734 gigabytes of data with "sensitive personal information" involved. Because of this, the NPC said it is open to looking into the potential accountability of PhilHealth officials for the breach.

Separately, DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy said his office has yet to identify the hackers, but added that local hackers would not dare do that.

"If these are operating from third countries that are safe havens for them, we can't pin them down. We can only identify them, that's part of our investigation. I think the locals will not dare because we can chase them, it is within our jurisdiction," Uy said.

In a separate development, the DICT and its Cybersecurity Bureau, in partnership with Digital Pilipinas,  formally sealed a commitment on Monday to build a roadmap for a more secure digital future for the Philippines.

The initiative was launched after the Philippines, being the second in the world when it comes to the number of recorded cyberattacks, reportedly lost up to P100 million in each instance as per Philippine National Police data.

For its part, Digital Pilipinas, the biggest private sector-led movement for fostering an innovation and technology ecosystem that actively participates in the global digital economy, said it will support the creation of a unified cybersecurity framework.