Smartmatic's global controversies: Follow the money

Philippine authorities allege that Smartmatic "is compromised." In the past, the software contractor had been linked with murky controversies and mysterious fortunes. The debacle casts a dark shadow over the 2022 Philippine elections.

ACCORDING to the Philippine Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center (CICC), the system of Smartmatic, the contractor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), "is compromised" and not the server of the poll body. The tentative results of the CICC inquiry were disclosed on Friday in a hearing of the joint congressional oversight committee, as reported by The Manila Times.