DefCon attendees will have the opportunity to Hackathon 30 US Digital Voting Machines

[juan]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:33:09 -0700
Razer <g2s at riseup.net> wrote:

> 
> https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/07/26/voting-machines-hackers-election-hack/507071001/
> 
> LAS VEGAS – 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 said that despite Russian
> attempts to affect the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, no
> votes were tampered with.
> 
> Prove it, say organizers of DefCon, an annual hacker convention held
> in Las Vegas each July.


	so defcon is the pentagon eh? Well I guess that's hardly news.