National: Researchers race to document voting machine vulnerabilities ahead of November | David DiMolfetta,/Nextgov/FCW
One peek inside the Voting Village at the DEF CON hacker conference would lead the average person to believe they had entered a sterile operating room meant only for computers. At tables placed throughout the space, voting equipment and other machine parts lie exposed like patients awaiting surgery, surrounded by tech specialists taking notes and wielding diagnostic tools as they peer into the circuit boards, microchips and wires underpinning the pivotal instrument that will enable Americans to cast their votes in this November’s election. In one back corner, Will Baggett is one of several performing his own digital surgery. He images a single tabulation device, used in counties across the U.S. to tally up votes that are brought in from a separate machine, which only enables voters to cast their ballots. To the left, he examines a newer generation machine that allows voters to pick their candidate while the device internally tabulates the totals. Read Article