CAYETANO CHALLENGES HACKERS - Hack poll machines and win P100M

[moz_k2]

What I saw wrong in Sen. Cayetano's proposal is the pot money as a reward of successful hacking.

Basin naa cya daan contact na hacker.
So cya ra japon maka kuha sa premyo.
Gamit dayon sa election.
hehe

[r0mm3L]

Point taken, Sir Rods. Eventually, COMELEC will open the system to IT Experts and not to the mere public to deter them in having a kind of mindset that hacking is "cool" and that hacking is for money.

so hacker is cool too?

and cool looks?

[SIKWATE]

mga bro, basta tuyoon jud ug hack, ma hack jud na, kay na hack man gani ang pentagon... hehehe, g lang mo contact lang nya ko sa ako mga amigo nga hacker nga mga pakistani, or mga bumbai naku nga mga hacker - friends, LOL, m sure ma hack jud na....hahahahahaa inamaw mana kang cayetano, may unta to ug iya kaugalingon nga kwarta, hahahahhaha..

[SIKWATE]

If you know IT security you can say that no system is 100 percent secure.

sakto jud ni... basta ang system nimo ni use ug codes or any programs... basta naa na program nga nag involve, nya labi na naka network, aw impas ma hack jud na sya, but if stand alone na sya nga system aw morag lisod jud, pero kana gani mga standalone system sa mga banks, mahack man gani, pero mao lageh naa ka mismo sa system, dili mahack as remote.... pero m sure mahack jud na sya......

[giddyboy]

Even banks are not 100% secure from hacking. Just recently, a Citibank server that processes ATM withdrawals led to two Brooklyn men making hundreds of fraudulent withdrawals from New York City cash machines in February, pocketing at least $750,000 in cash, according to federal prosecutors.

The ATM crime spree is apparently the first to be publicly linked to the breach of a major U.S. bank's systems, experts say.

But then again, this is another story.

If the autopoll machines we will be using are made in China, there is a big possibility that China can hack it.

A March 2008 report said China in the last year has developed ways to infiltrate and manipulate computer networks around the world in what U.S. defense officials conclude is a new and potentially dangerous military capability, according to a Pentagon report.

In addition, computer intrusions in Germany, apparently by Chinese hackers, occur daily, along with infiltrations in France and Britain, the Pentagon said. In 2007, British intelligence officials alerted financial institutions across the country that they were targets of "state-sponsored computer network exploitation" from China.

The Pentagon report does not directly accuse the Chinese military or govt of the attacks but says the incidents are consistent with recent military thinking in that country. David Sedney, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia, said cyber-warfare was an area of growing concern and he called on the Chinese to clarify their intentions.

I guess I am changing my mind about approving Cayetano's challenge of 100M. The best way I think is to just hire IT experts to test the auto poll system (and to secure it too).

We have to go with new advents in technology with a calculated risk. Going auto poll next elections is the only way going forward. Staying manual is just doing the opposite. Besides, the pilot test in ARMM was proven successful. There will be no reason that it will not work in the national level.

[prukutung]

as to human capacity...

yes somebody can eventually hack the system...


to cayetano (if this message will reach him...):

how can you prevent ballot boxes from being stolen?

whereas if things go automated all data are stored and transported safe to the system...

[cliff_drew]

Besides, the pilot test in ARMM was proven successful. There will be no reason that it will not work in the national level.

Eventhough the pilot test of automated system was proven successful during the ARMM election, we can't merely say that it will result to a 100 % success on the national level since the type of machines that will be used are different. Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) and Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technologies were used in the ARMM election while Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) for the 2010 election. It was also reported that Forty seven (47) out of a total of 3,050 machines were bugged down. Transportation of machines is still a factor. With this, there are things to be considered for the success of the election and not on the system itself.

[blackdronza]

as to human capacity...

yes somebody can eventually hack the system...

Using programming languages or the ideal old-school way?

[cool_guy]

ug ako ang programmer ani ako ra mismo ang mo-hack kbalo jud cya asa ang weakness ana cya gud naghimo. bugo-a sad ning alan peter uy mag usik2 lang sa kwarta.

[vw_rider80]

dili pa jud iya kwarta ang usikan niya.