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The 2020 United States presidential election is already off to a rocky start. We’ve seen technology fail in the primary elections, in-person campaigning halted, and a plethora of mixed messages on how voting will actually take place. Many Americans are… Continue reading Mobile voting: Hype or reality?
Voting on paper is best. Letting computers help is bound to lead to trouble, experts say. And using a blockchain is dumb idea, too.
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The US Government is working on an electronic voting system that it hopes will prevent people from tinkering with voting machines at the polls. Continue reading DARPA is working on an open source, secure e-voting system
The Swiss government has just announced a CHF250,000 investment in a new bug bounty program to prevent voting manipulation. Swiss Post will let professional ethical hackers attack its system for a month to ensure the e-voting system is secure, glitch f… Continue reading Hackers Invited to Attack Swiss E-Voting System in Latest Bug Bounty Program
Technology brings with it a number of conveniences, but it also opens up opportunities for scammers and hackers to take advantage of people through tech fraud. That crime involves using technology in a variety of possible ways to mislead people, steal … Continue reading 5 Risks We Face with E-Voting Technology
To protect the integrity and security of U.S. elections, all local, state, and federal elections should be conducted using human-readable paper ballots by the 2020 presidential election, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engine… Continue reading Election infrastructure security: Should we use Internet voting?
What’s striking about the story alleging that Russia targeted an election software vendor is what straightforward, tried-and-tested tools were used Continue reading Russians apparently ‘targeted US election via phishing attacks’
With just a month left until the 2016 United States presidential election, the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence officially stated that Russia is behind the recent hacks of US political targets. “The US Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like … More → Continue reading US officially accuses Russia of hacking to influence presidential election
As the day when US citizens cast a vote for their preferred presidential nominee quickly approaches, the issue of whether the actual voting process can be tampered with is a topic that interests many. It is widely believed, but never officially confirmed, that the DNC hack – and subsequent leaking of data stolen during the breach – is the work of hackers backed by the Russian government and president Vladimir Putin. As Harvard law professor … More → Continue reading US elections and the hacking of e-voting machines