"Hackers Let Loose on Voting Gear Ahead of US Election Season"

In an effort to bolster voting security ahead of the next US Presidential Election, election machine manufacturers are allowing hackers access to their systems. The Election Security Research Forum featured organized penetration testing and bug research for digital scanners, ballot marking devices, and electronic pollbooks, emphasizing the technology that voters may encounter at the polls. The forum also allowed security researchers to interact with system vendors. According to the Forum, this was the first time such manufacturers voluntarily offered their systems for third-party evaluation as part of a vulnerability disclosure procedure. This article continues to discuss the first-ever Election Security Research Forum.

Dark Reading reports "Hackers Let Loose on Voting Gear Ahead of US Election Season"