E-voting vendor's Web site hacked (Sequoia)

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Source: InfoWorld

A company whose e-voting machines have come under fire from election officials in New Jersey confirmed that its site had been hacked Thursday.

A section of Sequoia's Web site was hacked overnight, and when the company realized what had happened it took the site down and removed the "intrusive content," Sequoia spokeswoman Michelle Shafer said.

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The "Ballot Blog" page of Sequoia's Web site had no content early Thursday afternoon Eastern Time, and earlier in the day, there were messages on the page announcing that it had been hacked, Felten told IDG News Service.

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By mid-morning, the site had been taken offline by its Web-hosting provider and redirected to a hosting-provider page that said the page had been suspended temporarily for maintenance.

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[acmavm]

1. Same company that just filed legal actions to keep the vulnerablity

of their voting machines private.

Ironic, ain't it?

[wordpix]

2. great voter security there---I usually despise hackers but in this case, THANKS!

[ThatBozGuy]

3. There are a few white hats out there,

[fascisthunter]

6. better than black hats

[TooBigaTent]

4. Would this fall in the same category as "political vandalism" that has been argued

round here recently?

[Sam Ervin jret]

7. No political vandalism is what the action was meant to prevent.

If they had messed with the machines on voting day, that would be political vandalism.


This is social vandalism. With the aim of social change not any political party or system as its root.

[ladywnch]

5. does speak volumes about their security though doesn't it! LOL