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Is the Path to Secure Elections Paved With Open Source Code?

2017-08-08 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld

Increased use of open source software could fortify U.S. election system security, according to former CIA head R. James Woolsey and Bash creator Brian J. Fox. The two made their case for open source elections software after security researchers demonstrated how easy it was to crack some election machines at the recent DefCon hacking conference in Las Vegas.

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