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Voting Machine Maker Defends Refusal of White-Hat Hacker Testing at DEF-CON

ID: 99dec06e-3780-596b-9a7a-06424f414a6f

STIX ID: report--99dec06e-3780-596b-9a7a-06424f414a6f

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2018-08-29

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

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The article covers ES&S’s decision not to permit DEF CON’s Voting Village to test its voting machines, prompting a letter from U.S. senators citing election-security concerns and past inclusion of a PCAnywhere remote-access tool; ES&S responds by defending its testing approach, committing to third-party and lab evaluations, and announcing deeper partnerships with DHS and ISACs to bolster threat monitoring.

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