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General Category => Elections 2020 => Topic started by: Elderberry on February 13, 2022, 03:15:50 pm

Title: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Machines
Post by: Elderberry on February 13, 2022, 03:15:50 pm
Epoch Times by Zachary Stieber February 12, 2022

Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Machines

Top officials at a U.S. federal cybersecurity agency are urging a judge not to authorize at this time the release of a report that analyzes Dominion Voting Systems equipment in Georgia, arguing doing so could assist hackers trying to “undermine election security.”

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was recently provided an unredacted copy of the report, which was prepared by J. Alex Halderman, director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society.

The report discusses “potential vulnerabilities in Dominion ImageCast X ballot marking devices,” or electronic voting devices, according to the government.

While CISA supports public disclosure of any vulnerabilities and associated mitigation measures with election equipment, allowing the release of the report at this point “increases the risk that malicious actors may be able to exploit any vulnerabilities and threaten election security,” government lawyers said in a Feb. 10 filing in the case.

More: https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-administration-urges-court-not-to-allow-release-of-secret-report-on-dominion-voting-machines_4273710.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=CFP (https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-administration-urges-court-not-to-allow-release-of-secret-report-on-dominion-voting-machines_4273710.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=CFP)
Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: GtHawk on February 13, 2022, 03:57:08 pm
I'm sure old out to lunchbox Joe and the democrats don't want this report released ever, why a biased report like this might make Americans doubt the results of bogus vote counts.
Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: Polly Ticks on February 13, 2022, 05:28:58 pm
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Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: Kamaji on February 14, 2022, 04:52:13 pm
What are they so afraid of?
Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: Bigun on February 14, 2022, 05:11:30 pm
What are they so afraid of?


 :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:

YOU know damned well what they are afraid of!
Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: Kamaji on February 14, 2022, 05:14:20 pm

 :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:

YOU know damned well what they are afraid of!


Yes; sometimes I just cannot resist the siren call of the unasked rhetorical question!
Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: MajorClay on February 14, 2022, 11:50:17 pm
I wonder why?
Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: Kamaji on February 15, 2022, 12:06:30 am
I wonder why?

Why what?
Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: Smokin Joe on February 15, 2022, 05:08:55 am
Nothing like that good ol' transparency, is there?
Title: Re: Biden Administration Urges Court Not to Allow Release of ‘Secret Report’ on Dominion Voting Mach
Post by: Hoodat on February 15, 2022, 05:53:44 am
Just a reminder:  This was published in the AJC eleven days BEFORE the election


In high-stakes election, Georgia’s voting system vulnerable to cyberattack

Alan Judd, The AJC  |  Oct 23, 2020


Headed into one of the most consequential elections in the state’s history, Georgia’s new electronic voting system is vulnerable to cyberattacks that could undermine public confidence, create chaos at the polls or even manipulate the results on Election Day.

Computer scientists, voting-rights activists, U.S. intelligence agencies and a federal judge have repeatedly warned of security deficiencies in Georgia’s system and in electronic voting in general. But state officials have dismissed their concerns as merely “opining on potential risks."

Instead, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office weakened the system’s defenses, disabling password protections on a key component that controls who is allowed to vote.

In addition, days before early voting began on Oct. 12, Raffensperger’s office pushed out new software to each of the state’s 30,000 voting machines through hundreds of thumb drives that experts say are prone to infection with malware.

And what state officials describe as a feature of the new system actually masks a vulnerability.


https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/in-high-stakes-election-georgias-voting-system-vulnerable-to-cyberattack/TBFT5U5BH5AZZPFPZTP3LFQ7RY/