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CBS News: When Russian hackers targeted U.S. election infrastructure

April 8, 2018 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

Bill Whitaker of 60 Minutes details the cyber assault. Russian operatives launched a widespread cyberattack against state voting systems during the 2016 presidential election. Former officials say no votes were changed but an Election Day attack could have created chaos at the polls.

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Software Glitch or Russian Hackers? Election Problems Draw Little Scrutiny

September 1, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Digital forensic investigations, Election Integrity News, Russian hacking

Were electronic pollbook failures caused by Russian hacking? After a presidential campaign scarred by Russian meddling, our local, state, and federal agencies have not conducted sufficient digital forensic investigations to assess the impact. [NY Times]  

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To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart

August 1, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

At DefCon Voting Village in Las Vegas in late July, “attendees probed, deconstructed and, yes, even broke the equipment” to understand how it works and how it could be compromised. [Wired]

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Hackers Were Able to Breach — and Then Rick-Roll — a Voting Machine

July 31, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

“The need for us to get our act together on cyber security and get much better at it is becoming very acute,” Michael Daniel, cyber security coordinator in the Obama Administration. [NBC News]

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Hackers at DefCon conference exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines

July 30, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

“Anything that’s happening in here, … those intent on undermining the integrity of our election systems have already done,” Barbara Simons, president of Verified Voting, said. [USA Today]

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Defcon vote-hacking village shows that “secure” voting machines can be broken in minutes

July 30, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

Security researchers were invited to hack surplus voting machines in a timed trial at Defcon vote-hacking village. [BoingBoing Forum]

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Hackers breach dozens of voting machines brought to conference

July 29, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

“It took me only a few minutes to see how to hack it,” said security consultant Thomas Richards, glancing at a Premier Election Solutions machine currently in use in Georgia. [The Hill]

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Hackers scour voting machines for election bugs

July 28, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

Hackers examined and attempted to hack some 30 pieces of election equipment, much of it purchased over eBay, including some voting machines and digital voter registries currently in use. [Reuters]

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U.S. elections are an easier target for Russian hackers than once thought

July 28, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

Cybersecurity researcher effortlessly downloaded the confidential voter file of every registered Georgian. [LA Times]

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As Hackers Target U.S. Voting Machines, We Need Leaders Who’ll Put Country Over Party

July 27, 2017 / Mary Eberle / Election Integrity News

Excellent concise election integrity overview. “The attacks on our election infrastructure are high tech, but much of the defense is low tech.” [Just Security Forum]

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