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Security Vulnerability of Switzerland’s E-Voting System

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blockchain, cybersecurity, malware, Security technology, switzerland, Uncategorized, voting

Online voting is insecure, period. This doesn’t stop organizations and governments from using it. (And for low-stakes elections, it’s probably fine.) Switzerland—not low stakes—uses online voting for national elections. Andrew Appel explains why it’s a bad idea: Last year, I published a 5-part series about Switzerland’s e-voting system. Like any internet voting system, it has … Read More “Security Vulnerability of Switzerland’s E-Voting System” »

Deepfake Election Interference in Slovakia

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artificial intelligence, deep fake, Security technology, Uncategorized, voting

Well designed and well timed deepfake or two Slovakian politicians discussing how to rig the election: Šimečka and Denník N immediately denounced the audio as fake. The fact-checking department of news agency AFP said the audio showed signs of being manipulated using AI. But the recording was posted during a 48-hour moratorium ahead of the … Read More “Deepfake Election Interference in Slovakia” »

Political Disinformation and AI

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artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, disinformation, essays, propaganda, Security technology, social media, Uncategorized, voting

Elections around the world are facing an evolving threat from foreign actors, one that involves artificial intelligence. Countries trying to influence each other’s elections entered a new era in 2016, when the Russians launched a series of social media disinformation campaigns targeting the US presidential election. Over the next seven years, a number of countries—most … Read More “Political Disinformation and AI” »

December’s Reimagining Democracy Workshop

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artificial intelligence, essays, infrastructure, Security technology, Uncategorized, voting

Imagine that we’ve all—all of us, all of society—landed on some alien planet, and we have to form a government: clean slate. We don’t have any legacy systems from the US or any other country. We don’t have any special or unique interests to perturb our thinking. How would we govern ourselves? It’s unlikely that … Read More “December’s Reimagining Democracy Workshop” »

UK Electoral Commission Hacked

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cyberattack, hacking, Security technology, Uncategorized, voting

The UK Electoral Commission discovered last year that it was hacked the year before. That’s fourteen months between the hack and the discovery. It doesn’t know who was behind the hack. We worked with external security experts and the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate and secure our systems. If the hack was by a … Read More “UK Electoral Commission Hacked” »

Buying Campaign Contributions as a Hack

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debates, hacking, Security technology, Uncategorized, voting

The first Republican primary debate has a popularity threshold to determine who gets to appear: 40,000 individual contributors. Now there are a lot of conventional ways a candidate can get that many contributors. Doug Burgum came up with a novel idea: buy them: A long-shot contender at the bottom of recent polls, Mr. Burgum is … Read More “Buying Campaign Contributions as a Hack” »

Large Language Models and Elections

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artificial intelligence, deep fake, essays, Security technology, transparency, Uncategorized, voting

Earlier this week, the Republican National Committee released a video that it claims was “built entirely with AI imagery.” The content of the ad isn’t especially novel—a dystopian vision of America under a second term with President Joe Biden—but the deliberate emphasis on the technology used to create it stands out: It’s a “Daisy” moment … Read More “Large Language Models and Elections” »

US Cyber Command Operations During the 2022 Midterm Elections

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cyberattack, cybersecurity, hacking, national security policy, Security technology, Uncategorized, voting

The head of both US Cyber Command and the NSA, Gen. Paul Nakasone, broadly discussed that first organization’s offensive cyber operations during the runup to the 2022 midterm elections. He didn’t name names, of course: We did conduct operations persistently to make sure that our foreign adversaries couldn’t utilize infrastructure to impact us,” said Nakasone. … Read More “US Cyber Command Operations During the 2022 Midterm Elections” »

Andrew Appel on New Hampshire’s Election Audit

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auditing, scanners, Security technology, Uncategorized, voting

Really interesting two part analysis of the audit conducted after the 2020 election in Windham, New Hampshire. Based on preliminary reports published by the team of experts that New Hampshire engaged to examine an election discrepancy, it appears that a buildup of dust in the read heads of optical-scan voting machines (possibly over several years … Read More “Andrew Appel on New Hampshire’s Election Audit” »