The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says
its result viewing (IReV) portal has come under attack from hackers across the
world.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said this while delivering a
keynote address at a stakeholders’ conference on election result management on
Friday in Abuja.
The conference was organised by YIAGA Africa, a civil
society organisation (CSO), to launch the election result analysis dashboard
(ERAD) report agenda.
Yakubu said the commission has recorded several attempts to
hack the cyber security system of the result viewing portal.
“Another technical
concern for us is the repeated attempts to break through our cyber security
system for the portal,” he said.
“Our engineers reported several cyberattacks on the portal
during the Ekiti and Osun governorship elections, some of them from as far as
Asia. I am glad to note that all of them failed.
“However, while we are confident in the security solutions
that we have deployed for IReV and all our web presence, we must remain
vigilant and continue to strengthen our defences. We have tasked our engineers
to do everything possible to fully protect the IReV and all our web resources.”
Yakubu also stated that INEC is working to address other
challenges which are administrative in nature.
“For example, we found that some of the low-quality uploads
that occurred in the field, which some of the observers have also noted, were
due to the unavailability or substitution of presiding officers that were
trained prior to the elections,” he said.
“We shall administratively deal with this challenge and
ensure that only adequately trained Presiding Officers are deployed for
elections.
“Also, more hands-on training may be required to ensure that
all those involved throughout the value chain of the IReV are fully ready for
what is bound to be a major outing during the 2023 general election.”
Asides from challenges, the INEC chairman noted that the
commission has introduced new legal provisions, administrative procedures and
technological innovations to improve election conduct in 2023.
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