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I'd just like to clear up some misinformation here for the record - the claim that voting machines cannot be hacked because they are never connected to the internet is FALSE.
This is often accompanied by another claim from states that use wireless modems, who insist that...1/
This is often accompanied by another claim from states that use wireless modems, who insist that...1/
...the wireless modems don't connect to the internet. This is also FALSE.
The @WI_Elections has made claims that its voting machines don't connect to the internet but this is FALSE because WI has jurisdictions that use modems to send unofficial election results back to...2/
The @WI_Elections has made claims that its voting machines don't connect to the internet but this is FALSE because WI has jurisdictions that use modems to send unofficial election results back to...2/
...headquarters. This operation means that BOTH ends of the connection- the voting machine and the county election management system - are connected to the internet and exposed to internet based attacks. This is established unequivocally by the @NIST who said use of modems...3/
..."“…make the voting system a node on the internet… [and] also could potentially provide an entryway for remote attackers, but not just close-range remote attackers, once you’re on the internet now even further nation-state attackers may have access to you...4/
...What’s the impact of that? It could be a loss of confidentiality and integrity of that voting system and that information that’s on the voting system…If you’re able to inject malware into the voting system, now you can change the data, now you can change the information...5/
...that’s within the voting system, or change the behavior of the voting system itself…” Available at: https://www.eac.gov/events/2019/12/18/eac-technical-guidelines-development-committee-conference-call-meeting-121819 28:30 This is not a matter of debate or opinion. This is science. Modems in voting machines connect them to the internet. Modems are used in voting...6/
...systems in many states including FL, WI and MI. Many election officials often mistakenly claim that the modems don't use this internet. This is FALSE. This FALSE information often originates from the voting system vendors who misinform election officials, which means...7/
...election officials may have mistaken understanding of the security of their systems. The largest voting system vendor was admonished by the @EACgov this year for misrepresenting its voting systems with modems as being federally certified when they are not. 8/
To recap: voting machines in key states use wireless modems which connect them to the internet and increase their attack surface. This is a fact. The claim that "voting machines never connect to the internet and therefore cannot be hacked," is FALSE. end.
