Hackers break into voting machines in minutes at hacking competition

[mystery-ak]

Hackers break into voting machines in minutes at hacking competition
By John Bowden - 07/29/17 06:21 PM EDT

Hackers at at a competition in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring security deficiencies in America's election infrastructure.

Tech minds at the annual "DEF CON" in Las Vegas were given physical voting machines and remote access, with the instructions of gaining access to the software.

According to a Register report, within minutes, hackers exposed glaring physical and software vulnerabilities across multiple U.S. voting machine companies' products.

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http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/344488-hackers-break-into-voting-machines-in-minutes-at-hacking-competition

[jmyrlefuller]

Of course if you give a hacker remote access to anything they're going to be able to hack it. the problem is that most voting machines are not connected to the internet so that means no remote access and assuming that they are properly guarded they're not going to be hacked.
 
 Excuse the run-on sentence. I am testing speech-to-text software on my phone right now.

[dfwgator]

Were they Russians?

[DB]

Of course if you give a hacker remote access to anything they're going to be able to hack it. the problem is that most voting machines are not connected to the internet so that means no remote access and assuming that they are properly guarded they're not going to be hacked.
 
 Excuse the run-on sentence. I am testing speech-to-text software on my phone right now.

First, you are assuming they are not connected to the Internet. You are giving way too much credit to government employees. Second, anything networked especially if it has wireless access points is accessible. Particularly when there are major vested interests in hacking into it.

[MajorClay]

Yikes