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Security researchers have found 35 backend election systems in 10 states that have connected to the internet at some point in the past year, putting them at risk of being hacked or tampered with, as first reported by Motherboard. The researchers also found that the election systems are behind firewalls that could be misconfigured or otherwise insecure.
The systems are made by Election Systems & Software, the top voting machine company in the United States. ES&S told Motherboard that the systems don’t connect to the “public internet,” a claim the company had made prior to the research. But a number of the sites named by researchers were pulled offline shortly after the findings were disclosed, suggesting the researchers’ conclusions are…
Some election systems left online despite denials from officials
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