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A computer consultancy hired by the state of Maryland to test Diebold's touch-screen voting machines found a shocking lack of security. The machines were easily hacked or disabled. One even hacked in via modem and changed vote tallies without a trace -- something Diebold claims is impossible. "A high school kid could do this," said one member of the team. Posted Sun 02/15/2004
From the Washington Post: Electronic-voting-machine companies announced yesterday [12/8/03] that they are banding together to counter mounting concerns about whether their machines are secure enough to withstand tampering by hackers. Although less than 20 percent of the nation's counties use... Posted Tue 12/09/2003
In a rather surprising development, Diebold Election Systems says it is withdrawing threats of legal action against dozens of web sites and ISPs that have posted copies of the company's internal email and documents "liberated" from their servers in recent... Posted Mon 12/08/2003
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), 2004 candidate for President, has posted to his official House web site information about serious security problems in e-vote systems produced by Diebold Inc. A statement there says Kucinich is "working to investigate Diebold's legal abuses"... Posted Fri 11/21/2003
Diebold, Inc., one the largest manufacturers of electronic voting machines, has been sending out dozens of cease-and-desist letters to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), after internal documents indicating flaws in their systems were published on the Internet. The company cites copyright... Posted Thu 11/13/2003
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: The head of a company vying to sell voting machines in Ohio told Republicans in a recent fund-raising letter that he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."... Posted Mon 09/01/2003
