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‘Hackers against conspiracies’: Cyber sleuths take aim at election disinformation

Por: Politico Tech September 24, 2022

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One of the country’s biggest hacking conferences became a test site this year for an urgent political question for the midterms: How to hunt for vulnerabilities in voting machines without fueling election misinformation. Since 2017, the annual DEF CON conference — which wrapped up Sunday in Las Vegas — has featured a “Voting Machine Village” where attendees attempt to crack voting equipment ranging from registration databases to... + full article



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