Foreign hackers threaten PH polls

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THE Philippines will face a greater risk of cyberattacks from foreign groups, especially in the coming elections, a threat assessment presentation said.

'Cyberattacks are anticipated in the mid-term 2025 and 2028 national elections' and could disrupt the peaceful and orderly conduct of the polls, the presentation showed during the National Security Cluster Communications of the 'Bagong Pilipinas' Media Engagement and Workshop held at the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy in San Narciso, Zambales, on Thursday.

Based on the technical specifications of the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit and Count , the automated counting machine and servers will only be connected to the telcos at the point of transmission, which is after the Close Voting and Printing of the 1st 8 Election Returns .Laudiangco said this assures that the digital results cannot be altered.

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