Yes, that Bender. The one on the left. A University of Michigan team got him elected to the Washington DC school board in 2010 by hacking the district’s electronic absentee ballot system.
When programmer Don Relyea tried to choose one candidate on his voting machine, the computer chose a different candidate – plus four other candidates from the same, incorrect party – right in front of him. He captured the whole thing on video.
A pilot internet voting program in Washington DC for this November’s elections has been scrapped. Why? Well, officials invited hackers to give the system their “best shot”, and some university kids did – and pulled off a pretty good prank.
California has deemed e-voting safe after implementing new security measures. [pcworld]
