Hack attempts caught during Singapore Internet test voting
MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE) Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Florentino Tuason Jr. presented Tuesday results of the "non-binding" Internet voting it conducted in Singapore this year, a spokesperson said.
"Commissioner Tuason reported on the outcome of Internet voting to the technical advisory council," said James Jimenez, Comelec spokesperson, in a telephone interview.
Highlights of the report include hacking attempts that were discovered during the mock Internet voting election that was conducted for 20 days, said Jimenez.
According to Comelec's report, a total of 4,055 "serious hacking attacks" were experienced over the 20-day voting period.
“All attempts failed to break the system, thus proving the security and resiliency of the internet voting platform,” Comelec said.
Tuason is in charge of overseas absentee voting. The Comelec conducted the Internet test vote in Singapore from July 20 to August 8, 2007. An estimated 15,000 overseas Filipino workers are based in Singapore.
A copy of Tuason's report revealed that more than 300 people voted during the Internet test vote.
The report said the satisfaction level of those who tried the system was at the "high 90s."
It also said that the Internet voting system suffered downtimes due to "power interruptions and communication link interruptions."
Some of the results of the Internet voting are now available in Comelec's website.
Simulating the May 2007 mid-term elections, the voters were asked to choose 12 senators from among 37 national heroes, and one party-list group from 93 bands, the Comelec said.
Benigno Aquino topped the list of senatoriables during the Internet test vote, while Mother Earth and M.Y.M.P. tied for top positions for the simulated party-list vote.
The Comelec gave away two laptops, mobile phones, and iPhones in an electronic raffle to people who participated in the Internet voting.
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