Thursday, 7 April 2016

Cybersecurity measures part of poll preparations – PNP

MANILA, Philippines – Following cyber attacks on the website of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in March, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said it has alerted its anti-cybercrime group to provide additional security for the upcoming national elections in May.

This comes after election-related data from the Comelec was leaked by a group called LulzSec Pilipinas before midnight on March 28, just a day after hackers’ group Anonymous Philippines defaced the poll body’s website. (READ: Experts fear identity theft, scams due to Comelec leak)

The hacking attacks raised concerns about the security of the voting process during the automated elections on May 9, but the Comelec assured the public that it would be able to safeguard their votes.

“From what I heard, the system to be used by Comelec is hack-proof…. But we have alerted our anti-cybercrime group for this eventuality,” PNP chief Director General Ricardo Marquez said on Thursday, April 7. For the full article click here 



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