An 11-year-old boy managed to hack into a replica of Florida's election results website in 10 minutes and change names and tallies during a hackers convention, organizers said, stoking concerns about security ahead of nationwide votes.
The boy was the quickest of 35 children, ages 6 to 17, who all eventually hacked into copies of the websites of six swing states during the three-day Def Con security convention over the weekend, the event said on Twitter on Tuesday.
The event was meant to test the strength of U.S. election infrastructure and details of the vulnerabilities would be passed onto the states, it added.
The National Association of Secretaries of State, who are responsible for tallying votes, said it welcomed the convention's efforts. But it said the actual systems used by states would have additional protections.
"It would be extremely difficult to replicate these systems since many states utilize unique networks and custom-built databases with new and updated security protocols," the association said.
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4 comments:
Well, there you go! The electronic voting system is flawed beyond belief but states keep buying into it.
Paper ballots marked and counted by hand just like they did a hundred years ago is the only sure fire safe system. Also voters should have a picture ID card that was only issued after proof of citizenship by birth certificate. Also after you vote your finger is dipped in ink to prevent anyone from voting more than once.
"It would be extremely difficult to replicate these systems since many states utilize unique networks and custom-built databases with new and updated security protocols," the association said
and every high security systems the United States has has been hacked lol yeah nobody can hack this system
You do not think the Democrats know this?? Well wake up world, I am sure they are the ones behind it being able to be done.
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