An attendee at the 2022 DEF CON cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas who identified himself only as Will examined the inside of an electronic voting machine at the Voting Village on Aug. 13, 2022. Photo by AJ Vicens/CyberScoop DEF CON Voting Village takes on election conspiracies, disinformation In the era of the "Big Lie," the Voting Village has another — and possibly more challenging — mission to fight conspiracy theories. Aug 17, 2022
Experts say big leaps need to be made before allowing untrusted consumer systems to be used for remote marking of ballots. (Getty Images) Why you can’t trust your vote to the internet Building trustworthy online voting systems requires governance, transparency and long-term investment in fundamental research. Apr 13, 2020 By Brett Winterford
Security researchers feel that online voting is not ready for a general election, even in the midst of a crisis. (Getty Images) Experts: Internet voting isn’t ready for COVID-19 crisis Yet, the internet will play a crucial role in registration and ballot distribution for this year's election. Apr 8, 2020 By Brett Winterford
A voting booth in Buffalo, NY. U.S. voting machines are easily hackable, DEF CON report says A number of voting machines used in U.S. elections are easily hackable, a report from DEF CON, one of the world’s largest hacker conventions, found. Oct 11, 2017 By Zaid Shoorbajee