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Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control

  • Posted by frank blackington March 16, 2012 - Filed in Politics - #  - 101 views

    Exclusive: A laboratory shows how an e-voting machine used by a third of all voters can be easily manipulated

    Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control, lab finds

     (Credit: iStockphoto/dcdp)

    It could be one of the most disturbing e-voting machine hacks to date.

    Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education, according to computer science and security experts at the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The experts say the newly developed hack could change voting results while leaving absolutely no trace of the manipulation behind.

    “We believe these man-in-the-middle attacks are potentially possible on a wide variety of electronic voting machines,” said Roger Johnston, leader of the assessment team “We think we can do similar things on pretty much every electronic voting machine.”

    The Argonne Lab, run by the Department of Energy, has the mission of conducting scientific research to meet national needs. The Diebold Accuvote voting system used in the study was loaned to the lab’s scientists by VelvetRevolution.us, of which the Brad Blog is a co-founder. Velvet Revolution received the machine from a former Diebold contractor

    Investigative journalist and broadcaster Brad Friedman is the creator and publisher of The BRAD Blog. He has contributed to Mother Jones, The Guardian, Truthout, Huffington Post, The Trial Lawyer magazine and Editor & Publisher.  More Brad Friedman

    http://www.salon.com/2011/09/27/votinghack/

     

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