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Commission on Elections data breach

Index Commission on Elections data breach

On March 27, 2016, hackers under the banner, Anonymous Philippines hacked into the website of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and defaced it. [1]

24 relations: ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, Anonymous (group), Commission on Elections (Philippines), Computer security, Cyberattack, Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, Democratic National Committee cyber attacks, Department of Science and Technology (Philippines), Information technology, Manila, Microsoft, Muntinlupa, National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines), National Privacy Commission (Philippines), Office of Personnel Management data breach, Optical scan voting system, Philippine general election, 2016, Philippine Standard Time, Philippines, Sampaloc, Manila, Softpedia, Trend Micro, United States Department of Justice, Website defacement.

ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs

ABS-CBN News (formerly ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs and ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs) is the news division of Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN.

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Anonymous (group)

Anonymous is a decentralized international hacktivist group that is widely known for its various DDOS cyber attacks against several governments, government institutions & government agencies, corporations, and the Church of Scientology.

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Commission on Elections (Philippines)

The Commission on Elections (Komisyon sa Halalan), usually abbreviated as, is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines.

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Computer security

Cybersecurity, computer security or IT security is the protection of computer systems from theft of or damage to their hardware, software or electronic data, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

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Cyberattack

A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, or personal computer devices.

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Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, officially recorded as Republic Act No.

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Democratic National Committee cyber attacks

The Democratic National Committee cyber attacks took place in 2015 and 2016, in which computer hackers infiltrated the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer network, leading to a data breach.

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Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)

The Philippines' Department of Science and Technology (abbreviated as DOST; Kagawaran ng Agham at Teknolohiya), is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for the coordination of science and technology-related projects in the Philippines and to formulate policies and projects in the fields of science and technology in support of national development.

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Information technology

Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.

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Manila

Manila (Maynilà, or), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynilà), is the capital of the Philippines and the most densely populated city proper in the world.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

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Muntinlupa

Muntinlupa, officially the City of Muntinlupa (Lungsod ng Muntinlupa) is the southernmost highly urbanized city of the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines.

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National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)

The National Bureau of Investigation (Pambansang Kawanihan ng Pagsisiyasat, Buró Nacional de Investigaciones, abbreviated as NBI or PKP or BNI) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice, responsible for handling and solving major high-profile cases that are in the interest of the nation.

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National Privacy Commission (Philippines)

The National Privacy Commission, or NPC, is an independent body created under Republic Act No.

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Office of Personnel Management data breach

In June 2015, the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that it had been the target of a data breach targeting the records of as many as four million people.

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Optical scan voting system

An optical scan voting system is an electronic voting system and uses an optical scanner to read marked paper ballots and tally the results.

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Philippine general election, 2016

A general election in the Philippines took place on May 9, 2016, for executive and legislative branches for all levels of government – national, provincial, and local, except for the barangay officials.

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Philippine Standard Time

Philippine Standard Time (Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas, abbreviated PST or PhST), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), is the official name for the time in the Philippines.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Sampaloc, Manila

Sampaloc is one of the city districts that comprise Manila, Philippines.

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Softpedia

Softpedia is a website from Romania that indexes information and provides primarily software information and downloads.

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Trend Micro

is a Japanese multinational cyber security and defense company founded in Los Angeles, California with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, a R&D center in Taipei, Taiwan, and regional headquarters in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

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Website defacement

Website defacement is an attack on a website that changes the visual appearance of the site or a webpage.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Elections_data_breach

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