House officials disagree on proposed probe into hacking of Comelec servers

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House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate called for a congressional investigation into the Manila Bulletin report that a new incident of data breach of COMELEC servers took place over the weekend.

House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, Jan. 11 called for a congressional investigation into the Manila Bulletin report that a new incident of data breach of Commission on Elections servers took place over the weekend.However, Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, vice chairman of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, said he is not about to give credence to the report.

“We welcome the Manila Bulletin Technews team report that sounded the alarm of a hackers’ group that supposedly breached the Comelec system last Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, and download files that allegedly included, among others, usernames and PINS of vote-counting machines . We trust that they will fully cooperate with a probe on this issue,” he said.

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