People take part in a simulation for the 2022 Philippine election, at a polling station in Pasay City, Philippines, on Dec 29, 2021. - Reuters
MANILA (Reuters): The Philippines' election agency on Wednesday (Jan 12) said it had tapped law enforcers and information security experts to look into a news report that said hackers had compromised its systems, but insisted no data beach had occurred.
The Manila Bulletin newspaper on Monday reported a suspected breach on election servers and that hackers allegedly accessed and downloaded an estimated 60 gigabytes of data, that included "usernames and PINS of vote-counting machines."
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