WATCH: Smartmatic spokesman Christopher Louie Ocampo insisted on Thursday, March 17, that its infrastructure was not compromised, contrary to claims made by Senate President Tito Sotto and Senate electoral reforms chairperson Imee Marcos. Full story:
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections and the 2022 polls’ software provider Smartmatic asserted that there was no data breach of their servers, after two senators dropped a bombshell on the alleged “security breach” involving Smartmatic.
Earlier on Thursday, Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senate electoral reforms panel chairperson Imee Marcos had claimed that Smartmatic’s system has been compromised, a conclusion that was supposedly established during a closed-door session organized by the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee and attended by top poll officials.
“We have to admit that a very serious breach occurred. It may not be technically hacking. However, we feel it compromises the processes and operations of Smartmatic in very serious ways,” Marcos said.
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