Commission on Elections acting spokesperson, Director John Rex Laudiangco (left), and Commissioner Aimee Ferolino (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The website of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was attacked more than 20,000 times but thanks to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), nothing succeeded. Acting spokesperson, Director John Rex Laudiangco, disclosed in a press conference on Saturday that many have tried to bring down the poll body's website on May 8 and 9, including the site for election results, "but all of these were denied by the DICT". "We are proud to report that they were able to prevent and block more than 20,000 attempted attacks on our website," he said. Citing the report of Undersecretary Maria Victoria Castro to the Comelec, Laudiangco said the DICT identified certain Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, the identifying numbers associated with a specific computer or computer network. The DICT did not discl
(PNA file photo) MANILA - Locating polling precincts is the most common problem every election day. Voters flock to their usual polling places or where they voted at least in the previous election only to find their names missing from the list. This year, the threat of Covid-19 also ranks high among election concerns. For the May 9, 2022 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) tied up with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) through a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for a safe and secure process. The DICT will provide cloud hosting of Comelec's online services that include the Registration Status Verifier, Precinct Finder, Online Voter Certification Application, and results website. DICT is also conducting the Vulnerable Assessment and Penetration Testing on Comelec's online services to the security of the infrastructure to used for the cloud hosting. "Cloud hostingmakes applications and websites accessible using clo
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, April 1, signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for online services, such as the precinct finder, for the 2022 polls.
MOA signing between Comelec and DICT on April 1, 2022 (Screensho
In preparation for the nearing May 2022 polls, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will provide cloud hosting to the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) online services such as Registration Status Verifier, the Precinct Finder, and the National and Local Election (NLE