THE CYBERCRIME Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Tuesday assured that there are several layers of security protecting the automated election system (AES), as it warned against “false prophets” who claim to be able to alter the May 12 elections.
In a statement on Tuesday, CICC Executive Director Alexander Ramos said the AES is protected by three layers of security, one of which is the AES machines are locked and cannot be altered once programmed.
Furthermore, election transmission is scheduled and uses a seven-layer encryption before the results are received by a consolidation server programmed to only accept encrypted files, with the key kept in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
“Encrypted files pass a seven-layer security system and receiving end will only receive packets of data approximately 220kb of encrypted file from registered IP (internet protocol) and devices in its system,” Ramos said.
The statement was in response to Reina Mercedes, Isabela vice mayoral candidate Jeryll Harold Respicio, who claimed in a video that he could manipulate vote-counting machines.
Respicio added there were backroom programs capable of altering election results.
“He is completely clueless. His theories are far-fetched and offer misleading info(rmation). His insinuations differ from the standards of review in the industry of cybersecurity,” Ramos said.
On Feb. 28, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair George Garcia filed a cyber libel complaint against Respicio at the Office of the City Prosecutor in Manila.
The allegations include violating Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code concerning Section 6 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10175, also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act. (Raymond Carl Dela Cruz)
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