Paul Biteng, a 23-year-old fresh graduate of Information Technology; arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at his house along G. Tuazon and Miguelin streets in Sampaloc, Manila at past 7 p.m. Biteng was arrested by virtue of a search warrant issued by a Malabon City court; Agents, seized his personal computer, which will be subjected to digital forensic examination, to check his activity before, during and after the Comelec hacking.
Biteng himself “admitted that he defaced the website.” and “He wanted to show how vulnerable the website is to hacking,” Bautista said. “He wanted the Comelec to make sure the security features of the vote counting machines would be implemented during the election.”
Who is the suspect behind hacking the COMELEC websites in 2016? What was the reason behind hacking?
PH Data Privacy Act of 2012 