Researchers Hack Voting Machine for $26

[bluesc]

It could be one of the most disturbing e-voting machine hacks to date.

Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education, according to computer science and security experts at the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The experts say the newly developed hack could change voting results while leaving absolutely no trace of the manipulation behind.

“We believe these man-in-the-middle attacks are potentially possible on a wide variety of electronic voting machines,” said Roger Johnston, leader of the assessment team “We think we can do similar things on pretty much every electronic voting machine.”...

http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/27/votinghack/singleton/

[MikeStanart]

To be fair, this is somewhat senationalist reporting. They had to install something into the unit first. It's not like they can wirelessly rig elections miles away like this article title seems to suggest without doing something to the unit first.


(Thats not to say I dismiss the notion that our elections are already rigged)

[affa]

To be fair, this is somewhat senationalist reporting. They had to install something into the unit first. It's not like they can wirelessly rig elections miles away like this article title seems to suggest without doing something to the unit first.


(Thats not to say I dismiss the notion that our elections are already rigged)

Given the history of American politics and election rigging, giving some people the time necessary to install the hacks doesn't seem far fetched.

[donnay]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7926958774822130737

[Becker]

there's another thread that says silver trading at $26, coincidence?