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How Political Campaigns Use Personal Data

Posted on By infossl
datacollection, datamining, disinformation, Security technology, voting

Really interesting report from Tactical Tech. Data-driven technologies are an inevitable feature of modern political campaigning. Some argue that they are a welcome addition to politics as normal and a necessary and modern approach to democratic processes; others say that they are corrosive and diminish trust in already flawed political systems. The use of these … Read More “How Political Campaigns Use Personal Data” »

DARPA Is Developing an Open-Source Voting System

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darpa, hardware, opensource, Security technology, voting

This sounds like a good development: …a new $10 million contract the Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched to design and build a secure voting system that it hopes will be impervious to hacking. The first-of-its-kind system will be designed by an Oregon-based firm called Galois, a longtime government contractor with … Read More “DARPA Is Developing an Open-Source Voting System” »

Propaganda and the Weakening of Trust in Government

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, disinformation, essays, fraud, propaganda, Security technology, trust, voting

On November 4, 2016, the hacker “Guccifer 2.0,: a front for Russia’s military intelligence service, claimed in a blogpost that the Democrats were likely to use vulnerabilities to hack the presidential elections. On November 9, 2018, President Donald Trump started tweeting about the senatorial elections in Florida and Arizona. Without any evidence whatsoever, he said … Read More “Propaganda and the Weakening of Trust in Government” »

Buying Used Voting Machines on eBay

Posted on By infossl
ebay, secrecy, Security technology, securityengineering, voting

This is not surprising: This year, I bought two more machines to see if security had improved. To my dismay, I discovered that the newer model machines — those that were used in the 2016 election — are running Windows CE and have USB ports, along with other components, that make them even easier to … Read More “Buying Used Voting Machines on eBay” »

Security Vulnerability in ESS ExpressVote Touchscreen Voting Computer

Posted on By infossl
computersecurity, Security technology, securityengineering, voting, vulnerabilities

Of course the ESS ExpressVote voting computer will have lots of security vulnerabilities. It’s a computer, and computers have lots of vulnerabilities. This particular vulnerability is particularly interesting because it’s the result of a security mistake in the design process. Someone didn’t think the security through, and the result is a voter-verifiable paper audit trail … Read More “Security Vulnerability in ESS ExpressVote Touchscreen Voting Computer” »

Suing South Carolina Because Its Election Machines Are Insecure

Posted on By infossl
courts, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, voting

A group called Protect Democracy is suing South Carolina because its insecure voting machines are effectively denying people the right to vote. Note: I am an advisor to Protect Democracy on its work related to election cybersecurity, and submitted a declaration in litigation it filed, challenging President Trump’s now-defunct “election integrity” commission. Powered by WPeMatico

The US Is Unprepared for Election-Related Hacking in 2018

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, cybersecurity, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, securityawareness, voting

This survey and report is not surprising: The survey of nearly forty Republican and Democratic campaign operatives, administered through November and December 2017, revealed that American political campaign staff — primarily working at the state and congressional levels — are not only unprepared for possible cyber attacks, but remain generally unconcerned about the threat. The … Read More “The US Is Unprepared for Election-Related Hacking in 2018” »