Agents of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) have arrested three members of a hacker's group who were tagged as responsible for illegally obtaining election-related data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in January this year.
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(Photo courtesy of PNP-ACG) MANILA -Authorities arrested three persons for allegedly claiming to have illegally accessed the Smartmatic System to influence the results of the upcoming May 9 national and local election, official of the Philippine National Police-Anti Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Robert Rodriguez, chief of the Philippine National Police-Anti Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG), identified the suspects as Joel Adajar Ilagan, a.k.a. "Borge"; Adrian De Jesus Martinez, a.k.a. "Admin X"; and Jeffrey Cruz Limpiado a.k.a. "Brake/Vanguard/Universe/LRR", members of notorious hackers named "XSOX Group", who are claiming to have illegally accessed the Smartmatic System. They were arrested on Sunday (April 24) by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), together with the ACG during an entrapment operation in Imus, Cavite, and Santa Rosa, Laguna. Rodriguez said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Smartmati