DIEBOLD VOTING MACHINE HACKED IN FOUR MINUTES FLAT

[kster]

Diebold Voting Machine hacked in four minutes flat
Posted Sep 6th 2006 2:38PM by Cyrus Farivar
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets



It's an old adage in politics that you need truckloads of money to get elected. Apparently you can now buy an election for what you'd spend in a few days on cups of coffee. Black Box Voting found that given $12 in tools, four minutes, and a little determination, you can access a Diebold voting machine's memory card, remove and replace it without a trace. This new development really isn't all that surprising given that it's been shown that these machines can be hacked in more than one way, even by monkeys. Concerned citizens, just switch to absentee paper ballots from now on -- it may be low-tech, but it's a hell of a lot more secure going the "old-fashioned" way.

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SOUNDS Familiar.... "BUST THE MACHINES VOTE ABSENTEE"

http://peripherals.engadget.com/2006/09/06/diebold-voting-machine-hacked-in-four-minutes-flat/

[noahmijo]

1. And these are the guys who did it too (Reuters Photo)

(From Reuters: Hackers celebrate hacking Diebold and state next election will be a landslide victory for Pres Candidate Razor and VP candidate Blade)

Sorry I turned serious news into an Onion article.

[MercutioATC]

3. Looks like "Cereal Killer" has something going on there..

...love that movie..

:)

[noahmijo]

4. C'mon this story was just begging for a Hackers reference

Apologies though it is a serious story I just couldn't resist okay??

[MercutioATC]

5. No complaints from me...

Thats the movie I use to refute the "Angelina Jolie had collagen injections" claims. GREAT movie for its time.

;)

[Patsy Stone]

7. Thats the movie

I use to refute the "Angelina Jolie was ever normal" claims. :)

[kster]

6. The Hackers reference, I liked it, heres a good pic

Bruce Funk and Hari Hursti looking at a Diebold TSx machine

http://www.utahcountvotes.org/BBV-Diebold-images.php

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Thats the first thing a NEW congress can work on.