[E-voting] Diebold voting machines vulnerability

[Casey, Dermot (GE Consumer Finance)]

>From http://boingboing.net/ 

Further evidence for the need for a VVAT!

Diebold voting machines vulnerability
*Cory Doctorow*: Diebold's voting machines have a stunning security defect:

    Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator --
    1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two
    million votes at a time.

    By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of
    votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no
    longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read
    the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change
    the votes, and to date not a single location in the U.S. has
    implemented security measures to fully mitigate the risks.

    This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness. It was designed and
    tested over a series of a dozen version adjustments.

Link <http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78> (/Thanks, 
Michael!/) by Cory Doctorow on 31/08/2004 15:06