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Hackers’ group found to have links with ex-Smartmatic employee who committed data security breach (Eagle News) – Three men who were connected to a former Smartmatic employee were arrested in an entrapment operation by the combined efforts of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) and the Philippine National Police anti-cybercrime group. The three men were allegedly behind the hacking of the Smartmatic system, and claimed they could manipulate the results of the May […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is now looking for options for automated elections technology providers that could be presented to the Commission on Elections as an alternative to the controversial Smartmatic technology. Information and Communications Technology Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., said that his department is now complying with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to look for an alternative to Smartmatic which the President wants to be replaced for the […]
(Eagle News)–Stop using Smartmatic. President Rodrigo Duterte gave this advice to the Commission on Elections, following the May 13 polls that saw the breakdown of some vote-counting machines. Duterte made the statement even as many of his senatorial candidates garnered the votes necessary to make it to the winning circle, and practically obliterated the opposition Otso Diretso, which did not see any of its Senate bets make it to the Top 12. Bam Aquino was […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the House minority bloc on Thursday, June 14, said they would move for the rejection of the Commission on Elections’ budget proposal for 2019 if the poll agency does not replace Smartmatic as the midterm elections’ technology provider. “Glaring na glaring naman ‘yung lapses nila,” House minority leader Danilo Suarez said. BUHAY party-list Rep. Lito Atienza cited as an example Smartmatic’s alleged lapses during the 2016 elections. He said such […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto on Tuesday called for a Senate investigation into what he said were irregularities in the 2016 elections. In a privilege speech, Sotto noted for instance, that based on information from an “impeccable source,” election results were transmitted as early as May 8, 2016, or a day before the polls. “The transmission is being done by IP Address 10.11.5.5 to 0507.ccs.pili2016pinas.net as seen in logs of SRVCNTADNS01 server,” he said. He […]
(Eagle News) — The estranged wife of Commission on Elections chief Andres Bautista filed on Tuesday a disbarment case against 21 employees of the DivinaLaw firm, including University of Sto. Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina. Patricia Bautista alleged in the complaint she personally filed with her lawyer Lorna Kapunan before the Supreme Court that Divina and his 20 colleagues at the law firm violated the Code of Professional Responsibility. This was in relation […]
(Eagle News) — Kinakitaan ng justice department ng paglabag sa election protocol ang tauhan ng Smartmatic at Commission on Elections (Comelec) dahil sa pagpapalit ng script sa transparency server noong gabi ng May 9 ng nakaraang halalan. Matapos kakitaan ng probable cause ng Department of Justice panel ang petition for review na isinumite ni Former Abakada Partylist Rep Jonathan Dela Cruz, ini-utos nito na sampahan ng kasong paglabag sa Section 4 ng Cyber Crime Prevention Act ang […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) started the procedure of returning the vote counting machines (VCM) to Smartmatic, ignoring the request made by former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to preserve these for his protest case towards Vice President Leni Robredo. This came about as the Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), authorized the poll body to immediate start the procedure of returning the VCMs. “Authorize the Comelec […]
(Eagle News) — Iaapela ng kampo ni dating senador Bongbong Marcos sa Department of Justice (DOJ) ang naging desisyon ng Manila Prosecutors’ Office na ibasura ang mga kasong cybercrime laban sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) at Smartmatic. Ito ay may kaugnayan sa alegasyon ng kampo ni Marcos na nagkaroon ng pagbabago sa ‘script’ ng transparency server sa kasagsagan ng halalan noong Mayo. Wala kasing nakita ang korte na sapat na ebidensyang magpapatunay sa umano’y sabwatan […]
(Eagle News) – Three whistle-blowers who had been allegedly hired to manipulate the vote count in the May 9 national elections showed up at the Senate on Monday, May 30, as they relayed to the media the vote transfers done to allegedly benefit Liberal Party candidates. The “dagdag-lipat” or adding and transfering of votes happened during elections, according to the informants who gave information about the alleged cheating that happened in the province of Quezon. […]
The camp of vice presidential candidate Senator “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr., filed criminal cases before the Manila Prosecutor’s Office (MPO) against Smartmatic executives and an Information Technology (IT) representative of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for their alleged unauthorized change of the script in the transparency server of the Comelec on the night of the May 9 national elections. Charged were Smartmatic executive Marlon Garcia, Elie Moreno, Smartmatic project director; Neil Banigued, a member of […]
(Eagle News) — Dinala na sa piskalya ang reklamo ng kampo ni vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. kaugnay ng aniya’y iregularidad na nangyari sa nagdaang eleksyon. Isinampa sa Manila City Prosecutor’s Office ng ABAKADA partylist representative at campaign adviser ni Marcos na si Jonathan dela Cruz ang kasong kriminal laban sa apat na opisyal ng smartmatic at tauhan ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) IT department. Kabilang sa mga sinampahan ng reklamong paglabag sa […]
