“Security gaps.” Authorities won't have time to fix them before the US elections

Since 2017, DEF CON conference participants in Las Vegas have tested the security of the election system every year. USA. Hackers are attempting to break into voting machines, voter verification systems and vote counting systems, trying to bypass firewalls and security measures.

As we read in “Politico”, once again “security vulnerabilities have been found in voting equipment, but due to the long and complicated process of fixing them, a fix will not be implemented before the next election.”

The portal notes that security on presidential election day is of particular interest. This is due to growing concerns about cyberattacks by US enemies, including Iran Whether Russia.

The situation from 2020 was also recalled, when the former president was groundlessly accused Donald Trumpregarding election fraud, undermined his supporters' confidence in the credibility of the results.

“Discoveries that are ignored or met with opposition by voting machine manufacturers are increasingly being accepted by Washington,” the website reads.

The manufacturers themselves explain that they cannot fix the faults within the next 80 days because the process of certifying the voting system is complex and lengthy. Most machines are blocked for several weeks before the election.

Conference participants announced that they will publish a report on the discovered vulnerabilities in the coming weeks.

In 2016, Russian hackers attacked Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign and also broke into voter registration databases in multiple precincts in North Carolina, Virginia and Arizona, where irregularities were reported.