Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista. GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Poll watchdog Kontra Daya called for the resignation of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista on Wednesday following reports of another possible data breach.
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The group said Comelec needs a 鈥渞eboot鈥� after a computer containing voters鈥� information was stolen last month from the Commission鈥檚 office in Wao, Lanao del Sur.
Kontra Daya said Bautista has 鈥渕iserably failed to provide the necessary means to protect voters鈥� data,鈥� especially after the hacking of the Comelec website and the leaking of voters鈥� information before the May 2016 elections.
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The group also questioned Comelec鈥檚 decision to report the incident two weeks after it happened, saying it did not want to disrupt the ongoing voter registration for the October Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections.
鈥淲e find this hard to believe, but at the same time not surprising given that the 2016 COMELEC data breach (or 鈥淐omeleak鈥�) was initially reported by TrendMicro as early as April 6 but it was publicly confirmed by COMELEC only 15 days after,鈥� the group said in a statement.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) earlier said Bautista should take full responsibility for the website hacking, which resulted in the records of the 76 million voters being leaked online. The NPC also said the Comelec chair should face criminal prosecution for what happened. RAM