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RABA Technologies, at the request of the state of Maryland, has issued a report about the state’s Diebold voting systems, ATM-style DRE terminals using smart cards for voter access.
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At a cost of less than $750, they were able to reset voter cards to allow multiple votes with the same card and suggested similar abuses with forged supervisor and voter cards. All 32,000 statewide terminal locks are identical, and the team picked them in less than 10 seconds.
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The server was missing over fifteen Microsoft security updates, and the team was able to use the flaws used by the “Blaster” worm. By using insecure USB ports or more secure CD drives, the team was able to modify results and databases “at will.”