[E-voting] Examiner article

[Adrian Colley]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:26:09AM -0800, Justin Mason wrote:
> That certainly *is* a good article!
> http://www.irishexaminer.com/pport/web/ireland/Full_Story/did-sg7ure9qjFpIwsgTbBP-2fa91M.asp

It's a shame it's vanished now, then.

>   THE electronic voting system in Da'il E'ireann failed after being infected
>   by a computer virus this year, it emerged yesterday, prompting fears over
>   the security of the nationwide system for next year's elections.

It didn't emerge yesterday or the day before.  It was debated in
the Dáil on 2003-02-27, when Mr. Allen, Mr. Durkan, and Mr. Ó Caoláin
questioned how a standalone system could be infected with a virus,
and why anyone should trust the election evoting system now,
especially given the contents of the Zerflow report.

>   "Since that incident remedial measures have been taken to prevent this
>   happening again," he said.

> *sure*.

Such cynicism.  I'm sure that by now the PC controlling the Dáil's
electronic voting board has been disconnected from any network, and that
any future software updates and/or viruses will have to be installed
the old-fashioned way -- from diskettes and CDs.

 --Adrian.

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