ES&S security lead: We trust our process over DEF CON village findings
While there are a number of companies that build and sell election-related technology, ES&S has been the most notable as of late. The company’s CEO released a letter last week that took issue with calls from lawmakers to work with anonymous researchers, like those at the DEF CON Voting Village that uncovered various vulnerabilities in election-related hardware and software. “We will not, however, provide or submit any hardware, software, source code or other intellectual property to unvetted, anonymous security researchers, nor would we make public any assessments of vulnerability findings, because providing or making available secure information to individuals or groups whose interests may counter the United States’ interests would be irresponsible and may in fact, jeopardize the integrity of elections,” the letter from ES&S CEO Tom Burt read. That letter was poorly received by both Capitol Hill and the security research community, who both felt the response was inadequate […]
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