[E-voting] Diebold voting machines vulnerability

[adam beecher]

It was still available only ten minutes ago. Probably a bit previous to
speculate on it's disappearance at this stage.

adam

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: e-voting-bounces at lists.stdlib.net 
> [mailto:e-voting-bounces at lists.stdlib.net] On Behalf Of Fergal Daly
> Sent: 01 September 2004 14:46
> To: Casey, Dermot (GE Consumer Finance)
> Cc: e-voting at lists.stdlib.net
> Subject: Re: [E-voting] Diebold voting machines vulnerability
> 
> Following that link or just going directly to 
> blackboxvoting.org gives me a "welcome to your new website" 
> page. No trace of the real site at all. It's time we all put 
> on our tinfoil hats because I think they're about to switch 
> on the orbital mind-control lasers :-)
> 
> Seriously though, it's a bit of a coincidence that they break 
> a story which implies Diebold put in a "rig the vote" 
> backdoor and they suddenly disappear from the net. Court 
> order against their ISP or something?
> 
> F
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:16:15AM +0100, Casey, Dermot (GE 
> Consumer Finance) wrote:
> > >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
> > 
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