Democratic primary election 〡Electronic counting result leaked early Minyan: The email system was not ruled out

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Written by: Luo Jiaqing

2020-07-13 22:36

The democratic primary elections were held the day before (11th) and yesterday (12th). The Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion responsible for counting and the democratic power in charge of the primary election said in the evening that it is expected that the counting of votes will be completed tomorrow at noon (14th). The result is to be arranged. However, in the evening, the Democratic Momentum suddenly announced that it would hold a press conference at 8 pm to announce the status of the democratic primary.

Zhong Jianhua, deputy chief executive of the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion, pointed out at the press conference that it was unexpected to hold a press conference tonight, but because some media released electronic counting data, it also said that although the data was incomplete, the result of electronic counting In general, in order to reduce confusion and cause unnecessary speculation, it was decided to announce the electronic counting results early.

Zhong Jianhua estimated that there are three possibilities for the counting of the results of the counting of votes, including the leak of insiders, the hacking of the computer system of the staff of the private research staff, and the entire counting process being monitored in some form. He emphasized that he will certainly study the reasons for the data leak.

Regarding the leakage of information, Zhong Jianhua believed that the organizer’s computer might have been hacked, and it did not exclude that its system had been authorized to monitor under the National Security Law. (Photographed by O'Galler)

Only about 10 people can access the data, emphasizing that there will be no leakage of personal identity data

Zhong Jianhua later apologized for the leakage of the counting result in advance and reiterated that the incident will be thoroughly investigated. He believes that the organizer's computer may have been hacked, and it does not rule out that its system has been authorized to monitor under the National Security Law.

He also pointed out that there are about 10 people who can access the data during the electronic counting process. During the period, only some of the voters’ data, such as the date of issuance of identity card and date of birth, are only enough to provide clues to identify whether there is information. The person who matches agrees to vote repeatedly, and he guarantees that no data concerning personal identities, such as identity card number or address, will be leaked during the counting process. After the counting process is completed, the relevant data will also be destroyed.

Ou Nuoxuan said that it was not acceptable for some media to obtain the results of electronic counting and report to the public beforehand. He explained that the electronic ticket data needs to be reconciled with the physical ticket, and there may be repeated voting, so the ranking may be adjusted again. The district reprimanded that the release of these data is definitely not an act of standing on the side of the democratic movement and may undermine the credibility of the primary election.

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