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“Frankly, I think both of these are forms of misinformation. The one on the left, there is no credible evidence whatsoever on. The one on the right, unfortunately, is simply not true.” - Prof. Alex J. Halderman (University of Michigan). (43:43.) 1/ 
Finally, someone pushes back not only on Trump’s misinformation, but also on Chris Krebs’s misinformation. I would not go quite as far as Halderman. I believe certain aspects were more secure than before (eg, voter registration systems), but that vote tallies remained exposed. 2/
The vulnerability of vote tallies was especially pronounced for races OTHER THAN the race for President bc most of those races are not audited at all. The presidential race received far more scrutiny. 3/
So this happened a week ago & it’s getting zero attention—
The 3rd annual hackers convention @defcon @VotingVillageDC
The vulnerabilities found on easily hacked voting machines were astronomical & alarming.
Result—Congress must mandate US election security.
Let’s unwrap this…
The 3rd annual hackers convention @defcon @VotingVillageDC
The vulnerabilities found on easily hacked voting machines were astronomical & alarming.
Result—Congress must mandate US election security.
Let’s unwrap this…
2017 was the first year hackers were given free reign to try to hack US voting equipment of all types.
In 2017, Hackers @defcon @VotingVillageDC were able to hack all machines used in the 2016, in as little as 90 minutes.
#ElectionSecurityNOW
cnet.com/news/defcon-ha…
In 2017, Hackers @defcon @VotingVillageDC were able to hack all machines used in the 2016, in as little as 90 minutes.
#ElectionSecurityNOW
cnet.com/news/defcon-ha…
In 2017, they found a CF card in a surplussed Diebold electronic voting machine (EVM) with active voter rolls from the 2008 election in a SQLite database, plain text.
Folks…this is an alarming example of how secure state’s voting records are:
Folks…this is an alarming example of how secure state’s voting records are:
