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Diebold Voting Systems Grossly Insecure

Posted by michael on from the vote-early-vote-often dept.

Several well-known security researchers have examined the code for Diebold's voting machines (which we last mentioned two weeks ago) and produced an extensive report (pdf). The NYT has a story on the report, which cuts to the bone: 'Our analysis shows that this voting system is far below even the most minimal security standards applicable in other contexts. We highlight several issues including unauthorized privilege escalation, incorrect use of cryptography, vulnerabilities to network threats, and poor software development processes. For example, common voters, without any insider privileges, can cast unlimited votes without being detected by any mechanisms within the voting terminal.'

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  1. I'll just wait for the link by Gothmolly · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To the non-reg NYT page, thanks.

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  2. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    See Kobe Bryant's accuser!

    1. Re:In other news... by MImeKillEr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That's just wrong.

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  3. Re:GEORGE W. BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION: EAT A DI by Trolling4Dollars · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The parent makes an astute observation and I like the subject line. Yet another preson to add to my friend's list.

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  4. Re:*sigh* by (startx) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's the problem. All the truely qualified software engineers are not unemployed. If you have the skills to back up what's written on your resume, there really is no problem finding a job. It's the people who went to 2-year tech schools during the bubble or leared "java in 21 days" and now expect 70,000/year that can't find a job.

  5. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The bug reports you.