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4. Are you speaking of these guys?

Tue Oct 17, 2017, 09:18 PM

Oct 2017

It took computer hackers less than two hours to break into U.S. voting machines at the annual DefCon computer security conference, according to tech news site The Register. DefCon is an annual event that draws hackers from all over the world to Las Vegas to strut their stuff.

The idea behind this effort was “to raise awareness and find out for ourselves what the deal is. I’m tired of reading misinformation about voting system security,” conference founder Jeff Moss noted, according to USA Today.

Some participants physically took machines apart to find and document vulnerabilities. Others gained remote access over Wi-Fi and were able to upload malware to them. DefCon organizers aggregated some 30 voting machines—including those made by Diebold, Sequoia, and WinVote—to make up its first-ever Voter Hacking Village, and turned them over to the pros on Friday to work their magic.

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The wireless hacks are clearly more worrisome because of their stealthy nature. People are apt to notice someone taking a screwdriver to a polling place during an election.

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no voting machines were ever checked [View all] questionseverything Oct 2017 OP

from the bradblog article questionseverything Oct 2017 #1

And to think this info has been Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #2

Are you speaking of these guys? bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #4

what we know for sure is it is possible questionseverything Oct 2017 #8

The polls weren't wrong mythology Oct 2017 #13

from ur link questionseverything Oct 2017 #15

that's why it's so absurd when people declare that "the vote counts were not altered," when the real TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #3

Have any blue states taken this up in the state legislatures? bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #5

sadly u are correct questionseverything Oct 2017 #9

So your theory relies on the hackers matching Wisconsin mythology Oct 2017 #14

all i want is transparity in vote counting questionseverything Oct 2017 #16

I worked the polls in Wisconsin forthemiddle Oct 2017 #24

ty for your service, what county? questionseverything Oct 2017 #25

I would rather not say that because forthemiddle Oct 2017 #26

the prosser/kloppenberg recount had a terrible chain of custody questionseverything Oct 2017 #27

look at post 99 in this op questionseverything Oct 2017 #17

it's not that tricky if you concentrate the hacking in precincts with no paper trail, or with heavy TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #31

The problem I have with hearing this now is that just after the election when the people who politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2017 #6

remember al frankens recount? questionseverything Oct 2017 #7

How do we know the primaries aren't hacked? elehhhhna Oct 2017 #10

we don't really know because no one can "see" inside the software questionseverything Oct 2017 #11

unfortunately, politicians follow, not lead. it is up to us to push this, but you have plenty of TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #32

Trump will win 2020 with 97% of the popular vote. CrispyQ Oct 2017 #12

small changes are happening questionseverything Oct 2017 #18

My county votes on paper ballots that are fed into a tabulator. CrispyQ Oct 2017 #19

i agree the electronic tabulaters are a problem questionseverything Oct 2017 #21

this. nt TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #33

I also think bluestarone Oct 2017 #20

if we are gonna verify the machines thru hand counts why pay for the machines at all questionseverything Oct 2017 #22

This: if we are gonna verify the machines thru hand counts why pay for the machines at all CrispyQ Oct 2017 #23

then bluestarone Oct 2017 #30

if you mean prove it to get trump out of office questionseverything Oct 2017 #34

The lack of concern about the security of our nation's voting machines Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2017 #28

we need to count our own votes questionseverything Oct 2017 #29