Young hacker cracks copy of US election system website in…10 minutes
During the DEF CON hacker conference in the US, 11-year-old student Emmet Brewer was able to crack the code of a copy of the US election system website in just 10 minutes - El Periodico newspaper reported.
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| Organizers hope to test the strength of the barrier protecting the election system's website. Photo: Sputnik |
This teenager easily bypassed the website's security and "edited" the voting results in the state of Florida.
In addition, not only Brewer, but also 35 conference participants, ranging in age from 6 to 17, were able to cope with this seemingly difficult task.
In a short period of time, the teenage hackers not only attacked the website, but also changed the names of the winners as well as the number of votes the candidates received.
During the conference, organizers hope to test the robustness of the voting system's website protection, as well as identify problems there. However, organizers note that actual voting systems are much harder to attack.
