Posts Tagged ‘Department of Health’

Hackers deface 5th govt Web site, mock automated polls

Filed in Security Breach on Jan.11, 2010

By Jerrie Abella, GMANews.TV
Another government Web site was found defaced Sunday night – the fifth attack since last month.
Hackers of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Web site, however, took on a bolder approach by leaving a message that seemed to mock the upcoming automated elections.
“Ano ba gagamitin sa Election? Blade server? Juniper [...]

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Automated polls not hack-proof

Filed in Information Security on Jan.06, 2010

Image by Valerie Reneé via Flickr
By Andreo Calonzo
The system that will be used in the May 2010 automated elections is not hack-proof, but adequate safeguards are in place to protect the results from hackers, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured Wednesday.
“I am not saying that the system cannot be hacked. No system is 100-percent hack-proof. [...]

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