Garcia: Hackers fail to breach Comelec website, OVCS

Hacking attempts on Comelec website, overseas voting system unsuccessful

There have been unsuccessful cyber attacks on the Commission on Election's website and 60,000 failed attempts to hack its internet voting system for Filipinos overseas, the Commission on Elections said on Wednesday.

Garcia: Hackers fail to breach Comelec website, OVCS

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) website has been the subject of a failed hacking attempt, its chairman, George Erwin Garcia, said on Wednesday. “I would like to announce that our website has been receiving millions of hacking attempts,” Garcia said in an ambush interview at Palacio del Gobernador. “So far, none has been successful. Kudos to our personnel who monitor the situation for 24 hours,” he added. READ: Comelec…

Comelec expands anti-discrimination rules

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday expanded anti-discrimination guidelines, declaring all election-related activities and venues — including online platforms — as safe places in connection with the midterm elections in May. The Commission en banc on Tuesday promulgated Resolution 11127, expanding the scope and refining the provision of Resolution 11116, which declares as election offense the commission, directly or indirectly of ac…

Comelec declares election campaign areas ‘safe space’

Comelec chief George Garcia once again reminded all candidates to be more responsible in making every public pronouncements.

Be cautious of viewing facts as absolute truth, youth told

YOUNG VOTERS should be cautious of accepting facts as absolute truths since information taken out of context could easily change the narrative, the chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. During the seventh installment of the UST Media Leadership Lecture Series, Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia urged the youth to analyze news beyond their […] The post Be cautious of viewing facts as absolute truth, youth told appeared first o…

The Task Force on Safeguarding Against Fear and Exclusion in Elections (Task Force SAFE) of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has sent a letter to vlogger and running councilor Mocha Uson. This is because of her campaign jingle that has a double meaning or has other meanings. In the letter, the Task Force SAFE of the Comelec, they are aware that every candidate wants to get the attention of voters through campaign jingles but they remind the…