The National Bureau of Investigation said yesterday that 23-year-old Information Technology graduate Paul Biteng hacked the Commission on Elections website on Easter Sunday to show nothing more than his skills.
Francis Señora, agent on case, said that a week after successfully hacking the website and finding its vulnerabilities, Biteng bragged what he did to other online hackers, enabling them to penetrate the website and download some of the information found there, including the database of registered voters.
Vic Lorenzo, NBI Cybercrime Division executive officer, said Biteng first hacked the Comelec website on March 20.
NBI Cybercrime Division chief Roland Aguto Jr. said Biteng told them that he had no intention to harm.
NBI Director Virgilio Mendez said that Biteng is not affiliated with any candidate or political party. There was also no indication that he made money and the computer he used was old.
Aguto added that they have the computer he used and their forensic examination on the extent of the data breach is ongoing.
NBI remains hopeful that Biteng’s fellow hackers would fall next, now that two had been identified, including one who is 20.
Biteng was arrested Wednesday night in his house in Balic-Balic, Sampaloc, Manila residence after a three-week surveillance by the NBI Cybercrime Division. For the full article click here
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