Data of all Filipino voters hacked but May polls to go ahead

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A massive leak from a database containing personal details of more than 55 million registered voters in the Philippines will not compromise the May 9 national elections, officials said Friday, in the latest hacking scandal to hit the Southeast Asian nation.

A hacker group defaced the website of the Commission on Election last month, and on April 6 a second hacker group posted the entire database online, with mirror links where the data could also be downloaded, according to a research by Internet security company Trend Micro.

According to the commission, there are 54.3 million registered voters in the country and 1.3 million overseas.