An audit report by the KPMG has revealed that there are security loopholes that could be exploited to manipulate the August 8 General Election.
The report has indicated that there are at least 10 security loopholes the country’s voter register, with only a few days left to the elections.
According to the report, the voter roll lacks mandatory security features and could therefore be easily hacked into and data of the 19.6 million registered voters deleted, added or amended.
The report further advises the IEBC to strictly use the biometric voter identification, with worries still lingering that dead voters being able to vote.
“In order to mitigate the risk of unregistered deceased persons being in the register of voters, it is imperative that the commission utilises biometric identification of voters as a primary mechanism on polling day,” reads the report.
One of the key weak security settings concern is in the administrator accounts, where default settings have not been changed.
“KPMG observed that there are two active default administrator accounts whose default passwords have not been changed. This significantly increases the risk of unauthorised access to the Register of Voters and using these accounts, a perpetrator can add, delete or amend the voter details in the Register of Voters,” warns the report.
The report was published on the IEBC website on Tuesday, and raises more questions on the already thorny issue between the commission and the opposition National Super Alliance.