Jul 31, 2017 | News
by BRADLEY BARTH on July 29, 2017 In response to growing fears that future U.S. elections could be altered by nation-state hackers, DEF CON 25 this year hosted its first-ever Voting Village, where attendees were invited to tinker with election technology and exploit...
Jul 31, 2017 | News
by ELIZABETH WEISE on July 30, 2017 Hackers 5, voting machines 0. It took less than a day for attendees at the DefCon hacking conference to find and exploit vulnerabilities in five different voting machine types. “The first ones were discovered within an hour and 30...
Jul 31, 2017 | News
by JOE UCHILL on July 29, 2017 One of the nation’s largest cybersecurity conferences is inviting attendees to get hands-on experience hacking a slew of voting machines, demonstrating to researchers how easy the process can be. “It took me only a few minutes to see how...
Jul 26, 2017 | News
by ELIZABETH WEISE on July 26, 2017 Think of it as a stress test for democracy. Hackers plan to spend this weekend trying to break into more than 30 voting machines used in recent elections to see just how far they can get. U.S. election officials have consistently...
Jul 20, 2017 | News
from the AAP DIVISION OF QUALITY on July 20, 2017 As electronic options to provide and access patient health information increase, so too can opportunities for hackers to steal that information or hold it hostage if medical professionals do not maintain and upgrade...
