As Election Threats Mount, Voting Machine Hacks are a Distraction

The piece argues that while electronic voting machines are demonstrably insecure and make for dramatic demonstrations at events like DEFCON, focusing on DRE hacks distracts from more impactful election threats—phishing, campaign infiltration, and influence operations—citing Microsoft detections and the Mueller indictment as evidence that adversaries targeted campaigns and information channels rather than directly tampering with voting machines.