[Tfug] Video Shows Easy Hacking of E-Voting Machines

[John Mc]

Video Shows Easy Hacking of E-Voting Machines
Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 09, @10:47AM
from the stick-to-gambling-machines-kid dept.
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/09/1426246

"The Security Group at the University of California{1} in Santa Barbara has released the video that shows the attacks carried out against the Sequoia voting system.{2} The video shows an attack where a virus-like software spreads across the voting system. The coolest part of the video is the one that shows how the 'brainwashed' voting terminals can use different techniques to change the votes even when a paper audit trail is used. Pretty scary stuff. The video[s]{3&4} is absolute proof that these types of attacks are indeed feasible and not just a conspiracy theory. Also, the part that shows how the 'tamperproof' seals can be completely bypassed in seconds is very funny (and quite disturbing at the same time)."

{1} http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~seclab/

{2} http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~seclab/projects/voting/

{3} http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWDEZqqqBHE

{4} http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moEsgdzZ19c

UC Scientists Release Voting Machine Hacking Video
{3} http://www.alternet.org/democracy/98320/uc_scientists_release_voting_machine_hacking_video/

{4} http://www.electoral-vote.com/