Ohio's voting machines easy to hack

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The only questions are who is surprised at this finding? And why have the demos not followed up on it more? This has been known since at least the 04 elections.


Surprise: Ohio's e-voting machines riddled with critical security flaws
Vendors make plea for reality
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco → More by this author
Published Monday 17th December 2007 19:55 GMT
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Electronic voting machines used in Ohio contain critical security failures that could jeopardize the integrity of state elections, according to a study commissioned by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

The report found that the machines were susceptible to numerous hacks, many that required little sophistication on the part of attackers. A magnet and a personal digital assistant were the only tools needed to tamper with paper audit trails, according to the study. It also found materials such as memory storage and printer paper that hadn't been certified by manufacturers and a lack of standardized testing for hardware and software.