[E-voting] Diebold voting machines vulnerability

[Casey, Dermot (GE Consumer Finance)]

There seems to be something screwy with the original link 

Try this and scroll down for more details

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=&PHPSESSID=8fd66d65b5b08513f3ac97c759780314

Dermot

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: e-voting-bounces at lists.stdlib.net
>>[mailto:e-voting-bounces at lists.stdlib.net]On Behalf Of adam beecher
>>Sent: 01 September 2004 15:01
>>To: e-voting at lists.stdlib.net
>>Subject: RE: [E-voting] Diebold voting machines vulnerability
>>
>>
>>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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