Over the weekend, top hackers at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas probed voting machines slated for use in the 2024 election, aiming to uncover and help fix vulnerabilities. However, their findings will likely surface too late to be addressed before the November election.
This annual exercise exposes security gaps, but the complex process of implementing fixes means changes often aren’t made until the next election cycle. With Election Day security under intense scrutiny due to concerns about foreign interference and lingering doubts from unsubstantiated fraud claims in 2020, experts worry that identified vulnerabilities could be exploited to challenge election results.
Catherine Terranova, a DEF CON “Voting Village” organizer, noted, “It is hard to make any real, major, systemic changes, but especially 90 days out from the election.” The hackers found multiple vulnerabilities, but fixing them before November is unlikely due to the lengthy process required.
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