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2024-09-26 11:16:46 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Physically accessing individual machines and reprogramming them is both time consuming and easy to detect. Voting machines are competitively hacked every year at an event called DEF CON in order to identify failings. The type of voting machine shown is no longer in use https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/13/def-cons-election-hackers-2024-00110981 https://cyberscoop.com/defcon-voting-village-harri-hursti-election-fraud/

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• Physically accessing individual machines and reprogramming them is both time consuming and easy to detect. Voting machines are competitively hacked every year at an event called DEF CON in order to identify failings. The type of voting machine shown is no longer in use https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/13/def-cons-election-hackers-2024-00110981 https://cyberscoop.com/defcon-voting-village-harri-hursti-election-fraud/