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A hacker bought a voting machine on eBay. Officials are now investigating

6 pointsby gigamaover 2 years ago

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gigamaover 2 years ago
&quot;People think it&#x27;s a big deal but it happens all the time. Most of the time the seller is a government, a county, or it is electric recycling. ... And it is a good thing because hackers are a resource to make things safer.&quot;<p>Hackers like him, he said, are not interested in weaponizing the weaknesses they find. &quot;The reason you pop open the machine is to learn the vulnerabilities&quot; of each machine, in order to safeguard democracy, he added.<p>Right on, Harri.
detaroover 2 years ago
dupe: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32764409" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32764409</a>