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Letter from Ion Sancho pleading for modems to be removed from FL elections systems
https://bradblog.com/Docs/IonSancho-LetterToSOEs-WirelessModems_102320.pdfOctober 23, 2020 Dear Colleagues, As someone who served for 28 years as the Leon County Supervisor of Elections, I understand the weight of the responsibilities you carry. This election is particularly difficult with the pandemic, lack of poll workers, high voter turnout, political divisiveness, and concerns about the ever-increasing risks of attempted cyberattacks on our election systems, which have already begun.
One thing I think you all share is a desire to do the right thing. That is why I am compelled to warn you of a danger that I don’t believe has been fully explained to you by the Division of Elections, and to offer you some solutions.
Specifically, the wireless modems that some of you are planning to use to transmit election results utilize Verizon, Sprint, or other 4G technology. These modems are as hackable as any cell phone. Encryption of the USB flash drives and a digital signature offer limited or no protection against a nation-state cyberattack.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and top computer security experts have warned that these modems can be hacked remotely. The Center for Internet Security said, “When networked devices are connected to the voting system, this connectivity provides an access path... through the internet, and thus an attack can be orchestrated from anywhere in the world.
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One thing I think you all share is a desire to do the right thing. That is why I am compelled to warn you of a danger that I don’t believe has been fully explained to you by the Division of Elections, and to offer you some solutions.
Specifically, the wireless modems that some of you are planning to use to transmit election results utilize Verizon, Sprint, or other 4G technology. These modems are as hackable as any cell phone. Encryption of the USB flash drives and a digital signature offer limited or no protection against a nation-state cyberattack.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and top computer security experts have warned that these modems can be hacked remotely. The Center for Internet Security said, “When networked devices are connected to the voting system, this connectivity provides an access path... through the internet, and thus an attack can be orchestrated from anywhere in the world.
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