[Texgreen] Computer Scientists: '2008 U.S. Presidential Election Can Be Hacked'

[Margaret]

BLOGGED BY Brad Friedman ON 4/11/2008 3:29PM

Computer Scientists: '2008 U.S. Presidential Election Can Be Hacked'

Systems Made by Diebold, Sequoia and Hart InterCivic Are 'Still Going
to Have Same Viral Vulnerabilities Found' During California's 2007
Study ...

A bunch of world-class computer scientists testified publicly this
week that "U.S. Presidential Election Can Be Hacked".

As stunning as that sounds, there's nothing new here necessarily to
readers of The BRAD BLOG, other than the fact that outlets like the
IDG News Service and PCWorld are reporting it -- out loud -- and that
the computer scientist community, specifically those who have been
studying these systems, are now out and out saying it ... in public
... and out loud.

"The three systems we looked at are three of the most widely used
around the nation," warned professor David Wagner of the University of
California, "They're going to be using them in the 2008 elections;
they're still going to have the same vulnerabilities we found."

full report
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5890