Electronic Voting Machine Cracker Challenge

An anonymous reader writes "In the ongoing debate on the security of electronic voting, an Atlanta area programmer has confronted Georgia election officials on the potential for fraud in its statewide electronic voting system. She claims that she can be prepared to crack the system within a week, and officials have accepted the challenge." What makes this even more interesting is that the election officials are encouraging the woman, so that any possible exploit can be found and remedied.

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Social engineering works better

[FearUncertaintyDoubt]

Cracking a voting machine is hard, but social engineering is relatively easy. I mean, George W. Bush is no programmer, but he successfully hacked the 2000 federal elections quite well with just a bit of social engineering. He proved all you need is access to 5 Supreme Court justices to change any election result you want. Ain't no key length in the world long enough to fix that hole.