The Commission of Elections (Comelec) website got hacked late Sun evening, Mar 27, which was Easter Sunday.
“The website was hacked by the group Anonymous Philippines which asked the poll body to implement the security features of the Precinct Count Optical Scanner (PCOS). The Comelec is now using vote counting machines or VCMs. The group also hit the Comelec for the various challenges which it currently faces,” reports Aries Joseph Hegina on Inquirer.net.
In a statement posted on the site, the group said, “One of the processes by which people exercise their sovereignty is through voting in an election- where people choose the candidates who will best represent them, who will serve them under the principle that ‘Public office is a public trust.’ But what happens when the electoral process is so mired with questions and controversies?”
They added, “We request the implementation of the security features on the PCOS machines.”
