Hacking Voting Machines. 4 key Pieces of Informed Intel.

Why are voting machines an easy target for hackers? Most voting machines operate on Windows XP, which has not had a security patch from Microsoft since 2014

A hack isn’t the only way to cause voting chaos? Slowing the machines down can be enough to turn people away from the polls

Is this a real, existing problem? Yes, it is. “Virginia decertified thousands of insecure WinVote machines”

The best way to control for electronic voting machine intereference? Auditing the vote. 

Wired | America’s Electronic Voting Machines Are Scarily Easy Targets