Posted on 08/02/2020 6:40:01 PM PDT by aimhigh
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities say one of the gravest threats to the November election is a well-timed ransomware attack that could paralyze voting operations. The threat isn’t just from foreign governments, but any fortune-seeking criminal.
Ransomware attacks targeting state and local governments have been on the rise, with cyber criminals seeking quick money by seizing data and holding it hostage until they get paid. The fear is that such attacks could affect voting systems directly or even indirectly, by infecting broader government networks that include electoral databases.
Even if a ransomware attack fails to disrupt elections, it could nonetheless rattle confidence in the vote.
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Must pay closer attention here.
Yer quite formidable, anyway.
Surely the states subscribe to security protection such as Norton???
We have some absolutely brain-dead politicians.
1. There should NOT be any internet connection to any voting machine.
2. No voting machine should be running windows.
There is no need for either one of those.
Optical scan machines with Paper Ballot backup.
If those in charge of elections knew anything about network security, this would be nearly impossible.
The Elite stay in power by appointing other politicians to solve problems.
Ballots with voter printouts of the votes they cast tabulated by systems not connected to the net and not accessible by anyone but certain select officials would go a long way to thwarting Ransomeware threats.
Here in Florida, in my county they utilize voting machines that scan our ballots but, the voter receives nothing but an I voted sticker. This is disconcerting and should never be allowed. Every voter should receive a printout of the scanned result.
Yep, paper ballots can always be hand counted by candlelight if necessary.
Sometimes, old school is the best school.
Furthermore, there is no damn reason that counting has to be done as fast as possible through the dead of night.
Too simple...nobody can get rich using that.../s
Elections should not done by computer software except to add the results sent in by the individual polling places.Even Then all of those numbers and sums should be checked by other watch dogs. No voting machines should have microchips. Way too easy to cheat and leave no trace.
We should be voting in person. Masks, physical distancing, whatever, we could do it. Voters should bring clothing or whatever other protection (e.g., umbrellas) for waiting outside during inclement weather, but we could do it. We don’t need computerized elections or mail-in ballots.
But it is what it is. If you send a mail-in ballot, be sure to get it to the poll early. Take it in person if possible. Late ballots won’t be counted.
I know technology is wonderful and all that, but i don’t see any reason why election database information needs to be on the internet.
We held elections for two centuries plus before internet technology even existed. We can conduct elections and maintain voter databases etc. without it being online somewhere.
And given issues we’ve seen in some elections, paper ballots give a certain security to the whole process.
Why have we abandoned paper ballots? To get quicker results? But then, how do you explain how some elections in recent years were left hanging without results for weeks after election day, if computerized technology is so superior?
The deep state criminals running and working in the CIA and the FBI more than likely already have their thugs staged to electronically crash a Trump win.
I HATE the mask mandate BUT I get my revenge here in CA. with my MAGA mask it pisses people off more than NO MASK!!!
They'll probably have the Awan brothers running the show.
We have PC MATIC!
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