Lecturers put together the election paraphernalia they acquired from the Cebu Metropolis treasurer’s workplace and the classroom for use as a voting precinct for the 2019 midterm elections. (INQUIRER file picture / JUNJIE MENDOZA)
MANILA, Philippines — The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Heart (CICC) warns the general public of “false prophets” promising to vary election ends in trade for cash.
This warning comes after Fee on Election (COMELEC) Chairperson George Garcia filed a criticism towards a vice mayoral candidate.
The candidate hails from the city of Reina Mercedes in Isabela province.
He filed a cyberlibel case towards lawyer Jeryll Harold Respicio for allegedly violating the Cybercrime Prevention Act.
On January 25, 2025, Respicio posted a video claiming that he can manipulate vote-counting machines and backroom applications can alter election outcomes.
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“He’s fully clueless. His theories are to this point and provide deceptive data,” stated CICC Govt Director Alexander Ramos.
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He defined that automated elections have three layers of safety to guard the validity of election outcomes:
“First, the machine is locked and can’t be altered as soon as it has been programmed.”
“Second, the transmission is just too advanced to know that there’s a designated time when it will possibly join and the place to attach.”
“Encrypted recordsdata cross a seven-layer safety system and the receiving finish will solely obtain packets of knowledge roughly 220KB of encrypted file from registered IP and gadgets in its system.”
“The third layer of safety is the consolidation server, which is programmed to obtain solely encrypted recordsdata.”
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) protects its key.
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Ramos reiterated that the automated election system (AES) for the Could 12 elections is “too advanced” to hack.
