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MANILA - Members of Anonymous Philippines said they have already warned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) about security loopholes in their website back in 2013.

This, after voter's data from the Comelec website was leaked by hackers, putting information of 55 million voters in the country at risk.

"Ang inyong sistema ay binabantayan namin simula 2010. Ibinunyag na namin at nakipagtulungan kami noong 2013 na sinabi naming mahina ang inyong website ngunit ano ang nangyari? Hindi ba't kapabayaan ito?" said one Anonymous member, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, in a rally in front of the Department of Justice office in Manila.

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Another Anonymous member also added that the group did not leak the data of Filipino voters, but admitted that they were behind the Comelec site's defacing.

"Ang defacing po, simpleng SQL injection lang 'yan. Hindi po 'yan ano... walang kinikuhang data d'yan," he said, explaining they were just trying to prove that the Comelec website is not secured from hackers.

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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) earlier arrested two Anonymous members, Paul Biteng and Jonnel De Asis, who were the suspected hackers behind the Comelec data breach.

"Si Paul po, tumutulong lang po 'yun para malaman ng lahat na ang site ng Comelec ay hindi secure, at ang data natin na nasa data bank ng Comelec ay hindi secure," one member said, calling for the immediate release of their members.

"Bakit po ikakaso sa aming kapatid ang nangyaring iyon? Sila po ang may kapabayaan sa lack of security nila," he added.

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Anonymous, meanwhile, warned the other group supposedly responsible for putting them in a bad light.

"Message ko lang po sa ''nakikipaglaro'' sa amin at nagpapalakalat ng black propaganda: sana po tigilan niyo na po kasi wala naman po kaming ginagawang masama," he said.

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Anonymous said the group has implemented a "ceasefire" until the election season ends and assured the public that they are also watching for possible cheating during the election day.

"Naninindigan ang Anonymous na magbabantay maging sa [posibleng] dayaan sa eleksiyon. Nandito kami at magbabantay," the group said. – report from Dexter Ganibe, ABS-CBN News