A group of computer security experts have written to Vice President Kamala Harris to alert her to the fact that voting systems were breached by Trump allies in 2021 and 2022 and to urge her to seek recounts in key states to ensure election verification. Following the 2020 election, operatives working with Trump attorneys accessedRead More
“could even develop malware designed to be installed with minimal physical access to the voting equipment by unskilled accomplices to manipulate the vote counts. Attacks could also be launched by compromising the vendors responsible for programming systems before elections, enabling large-scale distribution of malware.”
This is not the bullshit theory of “ZOMG! They were connected to Starlink! Elon Musk! Elon Musk!”
There is no such thing as “security” if someone has physical access to the device.
So a couple of points:
“could even develop malware designed to be installed with minimal physical access to the voting equipment by unskilled accomplices to manipulate the vote counts. Attacks could also be launched by compromising the vendors responsible for programming systems before elections, enabling large-scale distribution of malware.”
This is not the bullshit theory of “ZOMG! They were connected to Starlink! Elon Musk! Elon Musk!”
There is no such thing as “security” if someone has physical access to the device.
I completely agree, but it doesn’t matter unless someone does something about it.
We’ve gotten a lot closer. With fTPM, FDE, boot verification, etc. it’s become a lot more secure than it used to be.
Brings to mind the whole pagers thing.