Posted on 08/10/2016 8:58:19 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
Hacker demonstrates how voting machines can be compromised - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rigged-presidential-elections-hackers-demonstrate-voting-threat-old-machines/
Concerns are growing over the possibility of a rigged presidential election. Experts believe a cyberattack this year could be a reality, especially following last month's hack of Democratic National Committee emails.
The ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee sent a letter Monday to the Department of Homeland Security, saying in part: "Election security is critical, and a cyberattack by foreign actors on our elections systems could compromise the integrity of our voting process."
Roughly 70 percent of states in the U.S. use some form of electronic voting. Hackers told CBS News that problems with electronic voting machines have been around for years. The machines and the software are old and antiquated. But now with millions heading to the polls in three months, security experts are sounding the alarm, reports CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal.
For weeks, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has told his supporters the outcome of the 2016 election could be out of his control.
"I'm afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have got to be honest," Trump said to Ohio voters last week.
But for the hackers at Symantec Security Response, Election Day results could be manipulated by an affordable device you can find online.
"I can insert it, and then it resets the card, and now I'm able to vote again," said Brian Varner, a principle researcher at Symantec, demonstrating the device. info ctm0810-hack-the-vote-machine.jpg CBS News
The voter doesn't even need to leave the booth to hack the machine.
"For $15 and in-depth knowledge of the card, you could hack the vote," Varner said.
Symantec Security Response director Kevin Haley said elections can also be hacked by breaking into the machines after the votes are collected.
"The results go from that machine into a piece of electronics that takes it to the central counting place," Haley said. "That data is not encrypted and that's vulnerable for manipulation."
"How big of a hacking potential problem is this?" Villarreal asked him.
"Well, there's a huge potential," Haley responded. "There are so many places in the voting process once it goes electronic that's vulnerable."
According to a report from the Brennan Center for Justice, one reason these voting systems are so vulnerable is their age.
"We found that more than 40 states are using voting machines there that are at least 10 years" old, Brennan Center for Justice researcher Christopher Famighetti said.
Denise Merrill, president of the National Association of Secretaries of State, said the lack of funding keeps most precincts from updating their systems. But all machines have to meet specific government standards.
"The idea of a national hack of some sort is almost ridiculous because there is no national system," Merrill said.
In fact, the more than 9,000 voting districts across the country all have different ways of running their elections -- down to the type of machine they use. But Merrill said there are checks in place to prevent fraud.
"Our voting systems are heavily regulated. They're tested both before and after. There are paper trails everywhere...by in large, I would say the American election system works very well," Merrill said.
CBS News learned that only 60 percent of states routinely conduct audits post-election by checking paper trails. But not all states even have paper records, like in some parts of swing states Virginia and Pennsylvania, which experts say could be devastating.
The Election Assistance Commission told CBS News that it ensures all voting systems are vigorously tested against security standards and that systems certified by the EAC are not connected to the Internet.
Trump said this and there were OpEds he was anti-American and ‘dangerous’ for questioning our election system. Seriously. It was a week or two ago.
Ample evidence this is a Big problem:
Still Report #774 - Diebold Voting Machine Hack on Fox ... - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs6w5ihNbtY
Apr 8, 2016 ... I was asked by someone close to Trump if I thought there was sufficient reliable evidence out there that Diebold voting machines could be hacked.
Hacking Democracy - Full Documentary film - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7W7rHxTsH0
Mar 9, 2016 ... But proving our votes can be stolen without a trace culminates in a duel between Diebold voting machines and a computer hacker.
US Lab Says Electronic Voting Machines Easy to Hack - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Oty69mQ80
Oct 17, 2011 ... As the primary election season gains momentum in the United States in early 2012, voters will head to the polls to cast votes for their preferred ...
How I Hacked An Electronic Voting Machine | Popular Science
www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-11/how-i-hacked-e...
Nov 5, 2012 ... What do you need to rig an election? A basic knowledge of electronics and $30 worth of RadioShack gear, professional hacker Roger Johnston
“CAN”? How about “WILL”. Then the servers will be cloth wiped.
I'll bet there will be more than one predominately black district in PA with more than 100% turnout, and more than 90% vote for Hillary.
This is why there are organizations who work hard to fight and prevent voter fraud.
I wouldn’t worry too much about it. After all, the big hackers seem to be working for Republicans lately. Most Dems are too stupid to hack.
Yup.
And Democrats along with establishment have a cover story to co-opt the election, hacker attack threat, vs deliberate coordinated effort to alter digital voting machine tabulation results.
U.S. Considers Classifying Election System as ‘Critical Infrastructure ...
www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-considers-classifying-electi... Proxy
6 days ago ... U.S. Considers Classifying Election System as ‘Critical Infrastructure’ ... be a massive undertaking; Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh ... had hacked the Democratic National Committee and arranged for many of ...
Concerns About Election Day Cyberattacks Mount in ... - WSBT Radio
www.wsbtradio.com/concerns-about-election-day-cyberat... Proxy
1 day ago ... “Election security is critical, and a cyberattack by foreign actors on our election ... Tom Carper, D-Del., in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ... of Americans will vote on with paper ballot or machine with paper trail. ... sure bad actors don’t hack the machines or infrastructure, said Norden.
The meaning of deeming elections ‘critical infrastructure’ - POLITICO
www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-cybersecurity/2016... Proxy
6 days ago ... That agency would also stay in touch with DHS (assuming DHS doesn’t ... “While not officially designated as a separate critical infrastructure ... for inviting the Russian government to hack Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s deleted private emails. ... GHOST IN THE MACHINE — FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence on ...
DHS eyes new protections for electoral process | TheHill
www.thehill.com/policy/national-security/290525-dhs-w... Proxy
5 days ago ... Officials may designate voting machines as “critical infrastructure” ahead of Election Day. ... “If we see signs that a voting machine or system is vulnerable to ... Some believe the hack was an attempt by Russia to give Trump, ...
hmmmmm......
My eyebrows are raised not by the story, but by the fact that it came from CBS!
Tells me that all the polls we are seeing are crap. That their internals tell them Trump is going to win. And that Obama is laying a game plan to declare a foul and void the election.
Huh?
RE: “After all, the big hackers seem to be working for Republicans lately.”
Please clarify.
Only reason CBS would bring this up is so if Trump wins they can say “See we told you so.”
There is nothing wrong with paper ballots and optical readers. No need for electronic voting.
I don’t care if it takes 2 or 3 days to tally the votes. I do not want instantaneous results when it is such an important event.
The Democrats are are not going to do anything about election fraud unless and until they are victimized.
If Trump wins fair and square, they are still going to claim that they were victimized by hackers. Probably those danged Russkies again.
The fact this ran on CBS is telling you that they have some plot hatching to try and void the election if Trump wins.
“Foreign actors” are definitely a threat, many of the Canadians don't even have accents so they are hard to detect. But even more of a problem, the ones with heavy accents are just plain annoying. Schwarzenegger has definitely got to go. And everyone knows the political commentators with British accents think they are better than real Americans. Who wants to listen to that? But as far as compromising the election process, the Democrats are more than capable and willing of doing that without any help at all from foreign actors.
Exactly!
That’s in play as we speak, not just from media, but also DHS Jeh Johnson declaring digital voting machines to be “critical infrastructure”.
To be fair, DHS and NIST have been making an effort to address cybersecurity threats via promoting adoption of security controls such as NIST 800-53 across private and public IT systems.
However, given the blatant corruption and democrat crony collusion, of DHS, DOJ and other gov’t agencies, it’s reasonable to be very suspicious that Obola and dems might throw the election using the convenient excuse of cyberattacks nullifying election results in key states to bring about desired election win results for HRC, and dem led senate and house.
RE: “And that Obama is laying a game plan to declare a foul and void the election.”
If CBS news is talking about this then it means that the powers to be are ready to upgrade to the next level of voting machines that can be “Controlled” easily and without leaving any trace of tampering. We don’t need to upgrade voting machines. We need to downgrade them... Totally away from electronics and back to mechanical means.
Both Hillary’s emails and the DNC emails were hacked, which doesn’t exactly help the Demon Rats. My comment was a snark, meant to frighten Dem lurkers to FR.
That is what tin pot dictators do and approximately half of the US voting population would not be happy.
Please tell me that earnest response regarding “foreign actor” threats, was sarcastic.
Please?
The term refers to foreign individuals or state sponsored hackers maliciously attacking our digital election voting system.
RE: ““Election security is critical, and a cyberattack by foreign actors on our elections systems could compromise the integrity of our voting process.”
“Foreign actors” are definitely a threat, many of the Canadians don’t even have accents so they are hard to detect. But even more of a problem, the ones with heavy accents are just plain annoying. Schwarzenegger has definitely got to go. And everyone knows the political commentators with British accents think they are better than real Americans. Who wants to listen to that? But as far as compromising the election process, the Democrats are more than capable and willing of doing that without any help at all from foreign actors.”
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