Government is.
Dibold sold them what they asked for.
That's obvious. Me buying a book at Amazon has more inherent security, yet that's not really an important thing on a grand scale compared to, say, who will be the next leader of the free world. It's kind of obvious to this programer that you might just want to up your security on the system when programming for something so sensitive.
Dibold sold them what they asked for.
Yes, sad. OTOH, in some cases governments asked for accountability and code visibility, and Diebold sued, and won, to avoid the laws. Diebold also violated other laws relating to certification of the machines, like installing software after the certification.