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Attack on Commonly ­sed Voting Machine Could Tip an Election, Researchers Find


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The newest findings show that long-ignored vulnerabilities in commonly used voting equipment could allow intruders to at least throw the outcome of a national election into doubt, according to the report from cybersecurity experts.

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A malicious hacker could alter the outcome of a U.S. presidential election by taking advantage of numerous flaws in one model of vote-tabulating machine used in 26 states, cybersecurity experts warned in a report presented Thursday at the Capitol.

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