The_Guardian_-_2016-12-29

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US elections 2016
State election recounts confirm Trump win but
reveal hacking vulnerabilities
‘No evidence of attack’ in full or partial state recounts, but worries persist that voting machine
companies could be ‘central’ targets of future breaches
One of the researcher’s previous findings showed security vulnerabilities in every model of voting
machines examined. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images
The US presidential election was correct, according to a crowdfunded effort to recount the vote in
key states, but the review also highlighted the unprecedented extent to which the American political
system is vulnerable to cyberattack, according to two computer scientists who helped the effort to
audit the vote.