Election technology vendor Diebold suffered a leak of the original software code used to run older versions of its controversial e-voting machines late last week. The incident fueled doubts about the security of e-voting machines in general and raised concerns over voter confidence in the technology as U.S. elections loom just two weeks from now. The code reportedly was leaked when three disks that had been provided to testing companies were sent anonymously to Cheryl Kagan, a former delegate in Maryland’s state legislature.
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Diebold Code Spill Hikes Electronic Voting Security Concerns
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 23, 2006 01:50 PMElection technology vendor Diebold suffered a leak of the original software code used to run older versions of its controversial e-voting machines late last week. The incident fueled doubts about the security of e-voting machines in general and raised concerns over voter confidence in the technology as U.S. elections loom just two weeks from now. The code reportedly was leaked when three disks that had been provided to testing companies were sent anonymously to Cheryl Kagan, a former delegate in Maryland’s state legislature.