https://fcw.com/articles/2019/10/29/voting-village-congress-johnson.aspx
By Derek B. Johnson
FCW.com
October 29, 2019
Security researchers showed lawmakers and reporters how easy it is to
compromise voting machines in what has become an annual event at the U.S.
Capitol.
The Washington, D.C., version of the Voting Village event at the DefCon
security conference in Las Vegas gives policymakers a hands-on glimpse of the
technology that powers U.S. democracy. This year's report is consistent with
prior exercises: virtually every machine experts can get their hands on can be
easily exploited in a number of different ways.
What has changed in recent years, said Voting Village Co-founder Harri Hursti,
is that the community of security researchers with first-hand experience
working with these machines has grown from less than a dozen to thousands. Even
though the annual event has been held for several years, fresh researchers have
discovered of new vulnerabilities and attack vectors.
"In this area, it's always mind-blowing how these machines keep giving," Hursti
told FCW.
[...]
--
Subscribe to InfoSec News
https://www.infosecnews.org/subscribe-to-infosec-news/
https://twitter.com/infosecnews_
