‘No malicious code’ in PCOS

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SEAL OF APPROVAL. International experts have certified it is safe to use PCOS machines on May 13. Photo by John Javellana

On February 14, The Commission on Elections released an expert committee’s certification that it is safe to use its old Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines on election day, countering claims that the PCOS had exploitable vulnerabilities. Citing a report by the Denver-based SLI Global Solutions, a poll technical evaluation committee (TEC) said the automated election system (AES) “can operate properly, securely, and accurately.” In a report submitted to the committee, SLI said the “critical” or “major” programming issues concerning the PCOS machines “have been resolved.” It added: “There were no instances discovered of any intentionally malicious code having been written by the vendor and included in the voting system source code.”


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