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| 1 | title: Software to capture votes in upcoming national election is insecure | 1 | title: Software to capture votes in upcoming national election is insecure |
| 2 | date: 2017-09-07 03:11:00 | 2 | date: 2017-09-07 03:11:00 |
| 3 | updated: 2017-09-07 09:43:41 | 3 | updated: 2017-09-07 12:40:32 |
| 4 | author: 46halbe | 4 | author: 46halbe |
| 5 | tags: update, pressemitteilung | 5 | tags: update, pressemitteilung, voting |
| 6 | previewimage: /images/LogoPC-wahl.jpg | 6 | previewimage: /images/LogoPC-wahl.jpg |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | The Chaos Computer Club is publishing an analysis of software used for tabulating the German parliamentary elections (Bundestagswahl). The analysis shows a host of problems and security holes, to an extent where public trust in the correct tabulation of votes is at stake. Proof-of-concept attack tools against this software are published with source code. | 8 | The Chaos Computer Club is publishing an analysis of software used for tabulating the German parliamentary elections (Bundestagswahl). The analysis shows a host of problems and security holes, to an extent where public trust in the correct tabulation of votes is at stake. Proof-of-concept attack tools against this software are published with source code. |
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| 60 | The attack scenarios shown, and the remarkably bad general state of this | 60 | The attack scenarios shown, and the remarkably bad general state of this |
| 61 | software call into question the security of competing products used for | 61 | software call into question the security of competing products used for |
| 62 | the same purpose. In the Netherlands, the Dutch version of another | 62 | the same purpose. In the Netherlands, the Dutch version of another |
| 63 | product, IVU.elect, used in Germany, was tested by Sijmen Ruwhof. The | 63 | product, IVU.elect, used in Germany, was tested by Sjoerd van der Hoorn |
| 64 | results were not pretty. \[2\] | 64 | and Sijmen Ruwhof. The results were not pretty. \[2\] |
| 65 | 65 | ||
| 66 | „It is simply not the right millenium to quietly ignore IT-security | 66 | „It is simply not the right millenium to quietly ignore IT-security |
| 67 | problems in voting“, says Linus Neumann. „Effective protective measures | 67 | problems in voting“, says Linus Neumann. „Effective protective measures |