Voting Machines Hackable in Seconds

The nation’s best hackers found vulnerabilities in voting machines — but no time to fix them

Some of the best hackers in the world gathered in Las Vegas over the weekend to try to break into voting machines that will be used in this year’s election — all with an eye to helping officials identify and fix vulnerabilities.

But Election Day security is under particular scrutiny in 2024. That’s both because of increasing worries that foreign adversaries will figure out how to breach machines, and because President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of widespread fraud in 2020 undermined confidence in the vote among his supporters.

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The nation’s best hackers found vulnerabilities in voting machines — but no time to fix themPOLITICO