Security Issues
Security flaws in U.S. voting systems were apparent when Russian hackers managed to breach it in 21 states in the presidential election in 2016.
Now some participants were able to successfully hack the software used in U.S. voting machines Friday at DEF CON, a 25-year-old hacking conference in Las Vegas, with one doing it within 90 minutes, the Register reported.
Hackers got a crack at 30 computer-powered ballot boxes kept at the conference. In less than 90 minutes, one of the hackers was able to breach the software of the machines. One of the machine was later hacked wirelessly, reports said.
Schurmann said after finding a Wi-fi access point in the voting machine, he used a tool named Wireshark to get the IP address of the device. As he knew that the machine ran on an old version of Microsoft Windows, he ran a hacking tool named Metasploit.
The tool was able to breach the system by “exploiting an old vulnerability” that has never been rectified before. By doing this, he got access into the system and hence could change the records stored in it. The fact that the machines can be hacked wirelessly is even more worrisome.
So be careful with your details especially when you surf on the Internet,imagine voting machines in us had been hacked when there is a huge security, it's simple for them to hack a human being details.
Now some participants were able to successfully hack the software used in U.S. voting machines Friday at DEF CON, a 25-year-old hacking conference in Las Vegas, with one doing it within 90 minutes, the Register reported.
Hackers got a crack at 30 computer-powered ballot boxes kept at the conference. In less than 90 minutes, one of the hackers was able to breach the software of the machines. One of the machine was later hacked wirelessly, reports said.
Schurmann said after finding a Wi-fi access point in the voting machine, he used a tool named Wireshark to get the IP address of the device. As he knew that the machine ran on an old version of Microsoft Windows, he ran a hacking tool named Metasploit.
The tool was able to breach the system by “exploiting an old vulnerability” that has never been rectified before. By doing this, he got access into the system and hence could change the records stored in it. The fact that the machines can be hacked wirelessly is even more worrisome.
So be careful with your details especially when you surf on the Internet,imagine voting machines in us had been hacked when there is a huge security, it's simple for them to hack a human being details.
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