MORE than 20,000 cyberattack attempts to hack the Commission on Elections (Comelec) website were recorded by the Department of Information and Technology (DICT) before and during the May 9 elections.

Comelec acting spokesman John Rex Laudiangco disclosed on Saturday that the attempts to hack the automated election system, including the "election results" website, were done on May 8 and 9.

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