____/ John Locke on Wednesday 01 August 2007 18:20 : \____
> On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:28:04 -0700, "nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>><Quote>
>>...California Secretary of State Debra Bowen commissioned the study
>>which pitted two hacker teams, better known as "Red Teams" against
>>voting machines manufactured by Diebold, Hart and Sequoia....
>>
>>Abbott's team was able to access election data directly by exploiting
>>vulnerabilities in the Diebold machine's Windows operating system - an
>>operating system that all three e-voting machines use....
>>
>>Vigna's team also found physical security on the Sequoia voting
>>machine to be inadequate. They gained access to the machine's insides
>>by unscrewing a few locks and discovered that the screws with not
>>protected by seals....
>>
>>The study adds that all three machines used some form of Windows
>>operating system and that each machine's firmware was easily
>>overwritten by the teams...
>></Quote>
>>
>>http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33137/118/
> If it was something important like a slot machine, then I'd be worried.
I think it becomes one.
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