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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.
What makes this even more interesting is that the election officials are encouraging the woman...
Instead of slapping her and saying "Get me another beer" like most of my fellow Georgians are inclined to to? (or most companies are inclined to do when you ask to crack their software).
There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's getting caught where the trouble lies.
SCO's Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets are embedded within the Georgia voting system, and my lawyers assure me that this programmer will be vehemently prosecuted under the full extent of Georgia Law if this "crack" attempt is successful.
Darl McBride
Chief Executive Officer
Caldera International, Inc.
1. Accept the challenge.
2. Make her win.
3. Fix holes.
4. Put her to jail on DMCA basis, or Patriot Act, or for desire to live and love for the country, or whatever.
5. ???
6. PROFIT!!!
(Hope #4 won't happen.)
She cracks it, reveals the expoit to them, they thank her, put fixing it on a "to do list", then knock her into prison with the mighty DMCA!
I can already hear the local news station:
"Computer hackers are trying to steal your votes! Politicans are asking that if you know ANYONE who both likes computers and is interested in voting that you report them to the police immediately. Film at eleven."
The US Army: promoting democracy through unquestioned obedience
He put the odds of corrupting the software undetected at 1 billion to one. I'll put $50 on it.
Maybe partying will help...
This is obviously a hoax. Everyone knows that there are no women in computer science. :)
I've been in college for a few years and I haven't seen a women since I stopped taking Gen. Ed. classes.
Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light :(
I resent your implication that we're all slack-jawed, inbred, wife-beating neanderthals.
Indeed, the very idea is preposterous
But while I'm thinking about it, you've got a pretty mouth... why don't YOU get me another beer, before I make you squeeeeal!
Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.
or some other cracker conference. Sort of like electing the King and Queen of the County Fair. Just announce that at Defcon you're going to elect the Evil Overlord of All The Crackers, and you're going to use Diebold machines to count the votes. That should lead to some amazing exploits :).
I don't think even 1/2 of Georgia state can use a computer, much less be a cracker.
Thats where your wrong, because they are all crackers.
She's a webmaster with an interest in carnivorpus plants. She did this site.
N ote the fucked up links on the bottom of the page. They point to c:.
http://www.cumbus2002.org/eco_rescue.htm
She does not even have a web site for her web design business! AWEBPLACE.COM is registered to her company Southern Belle Software. Search for some of her posts to newsgroups for more dismaying info.
How about posting the code here, Roxanne? A 'few of your expert friends' will be happy to help you out.
The latest Slashdot meme.
Are they implying that a computer system is to be considered reliable just because one hacker/group did not find any (more) flaws in one specimen (not even "in the wild") at one given moment in time?
Auguste Kerckhoffs tourne dans sa tombe...
Whether she succeeds or fails does not prove a thing.
Since when do we attribute the most "l33t sk1llz" on earth to the first attacker, and then just assume we're safe to vote happily ever after?
The only route to go for the code that could finally make someone president is full disclosure. "Elected on Open Source" sounds a whole lot better than "four years under the rule of a computer glitch."
That was a practical and honest solution to the percieved problems with the voting machines.
Also, I noticed a tidal shift in which American states were now most enlightened this winter, when talking to a California Cousin, he noted that at least his governor kept the power on. Seeing as keeping the power on is a GIVEN down South, I started wondering which states were truly the most advanced in US.
HenryJamesFeltus.com
I wouldn't do that. The next headline will be, "Cracker goes to jail for showing flaws in electronic voting system"...I mean, this is America...home of the patriot act and indefinate imprisonment without cause.
-- A cat is no trade for integrity!
Okay, I ain't seen it yet. I cannot resist ....
Is Roxanne a Georgia Cracker?
Someone must of asked already, but I did not see the Q&A.
Ain't it funny, how the meaning of words and phrases change with time?
Things always seam to get better.
OldHawk777
Unaccountable leaders are masters, and unrepresented people are slaves. How do US and EU fare?
I'm sorry, I'm not that old. How were the 200 elections? =p
Stop the Slashdot effect! Don't read the articles!
Hell, you would think that Georgia (and any other state) would have a "Hack the System" type contest.
This is what they were planning on before this woman came and upset their plans. The "Hack the System" contest was scheduled for... let's check the calendar here...hmm found it, next election date. Yes, that's the "Hack the System" date.
I can brag to others: "My girlfriends cracks the voting system... lets see your big-breasted girl do that"