Comelec monitors nearly 400-K hacking attempts on its website in April

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00:00 The bigger the database or trove of information available, the greater the bullseye or target

00:05 it is hackers or online predators.

00:08 And little wonder, some 400,000 malicious attacks have been launched to infiltrate or

00:13 hack the ComElect website in last month alone.

00:17 This as the PNP's website and database just turned latest victim to hacker depredations

00:23 that our Luisa Errizpe dwells on in this report.

00:29 As the Commission on Elections prepares for the 2025 national and local elections, they

00:34 are not only prepping for the election machines and paraphernalia, but also reinforcing the

00:40 security of its database.

00:42 This after ComElect monitored nearly 400,000 attempts of hacking in their website in last

00:49 month alone.

00:50 This is just a fraction of the 35 million attempts they've counted since the website's

00:55 percent finder went into operation.

00:58 That's why there is no let-up in training their personnel on safeguarding their database,

01:03 most especially before the start of the election period.

01:06 Meanwhile, ComElect is close to a "on-the-go" with the elections as the first initial batch

01:12 of automated counting machines arrived in the country yesterday.

01:16 These 20 machines are refurbished models of the customized version of Miro Systems' company-limited

01:22 ECMs and will be the official version of machines the country will be using in the upcoming

01:28 elections.

01:29 The poll body said, based on their tests, these machines have complied with the terms

01:34 of reference of the Commission and in accordance with the contract signed with Miro.

01:39 "All that ComElect asked for, we gave it all.

01:42 Even the ones we know will be spent, they will add more to their expenses.

01:46 They gave it all to us.

01:48 We even put the name of ComElect.

01:52 That's what's written there.

01:53 You can't see the company's name.

01:54 We insisted that even the logo of ComElect, all voters should see it."

02:01 On August, the first 20,000 machines are expected or scheduled to arrive in the country from

02:07 South Korea.

02:08 The ComElect assures all these machines will be thoroughly checked upon arrival and vetted

02:13 after.

02:14 Luisa Erispe, from The National TV, for a new and better Philippines.