Manila, Feb. 17 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday denied an alleged data breach involving documents on overseas voting.

The Comelec Cybersecurity Division launched an investigation simultaneous with the activation of all relevant cybersecurity protocols, including reporting such information to and enlisting the assistance of the National Computer Emergency Response Team and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

"The Comelec takes matters of data privacy and cybersecurity seriously." Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said in a statement.

He noted that an initial investigation showed that the information included in the su...