#comelec server

Bongbong Marcos regarding the tampering of the Transparency Server of the COMELEC started out from an attempt to correct the entry for candidate Roy Señeres whose name was mispelled. According to a source who was volunteering for the PPCRV as an inhouse IT consultant, there was a request (update: Rappler made the request) to change the name of Señeres since the default entry was spelled "Se?eres" (an error in the server's strong encoding). This could have caused the hash code to change from the original string that COMELEC communicated. Sensitive voter data may have been compromised after a group of hackers was allegedly able to breach the servers of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), according to an exclusive report by Manila Bulletin (MB). They found that the hackers’ group managed to breach the system of the Comelec last Saturday, January 8, 2022, and download files that included usernames and PINS of vote-counting machines (VCM), among others. The MBTechnews team immediately informed Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez of its findings. Moreover, Jimenez said he would bring the information to the attention of the Comelec Steering Committee. Meanwhile, in a call with MBTechnews today, January 10, 2022, Jimenez said he has yet to get a reply from the Comelec Steering Committee. Read more in our articles including "SmartMatic changed server script to update Señeres name" and "Comelec servers hacked, over 60GB of data downloaded".