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.
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]
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]
“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]
“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]
Security researchers were invited to hack surplus voting machines in a timed trial at Defcon vote-hacking village. [BoingBoing Forum]
“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]
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]
Cybersecurity researcher effortlessly downloaded the confidential voter file of every registered Georgian. [LA Times]
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]
