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Hursti Hack
The Hursti Hack was a successful attempt to alter the votes recorded on a Diebold optical scan voting machine. The hack is named after Harri Hursti. Participants The participants were: * Ion Sancho, Supervisor of Elections, Leon County, Florida. *Thomas James, Information Systems Officer for Leon County, Florida *Bev Harris, Black Box Voting founder *Kathleen Wynne, Black Box Voting Associate Director *Harri Hursti, computer programmer and security expert * Hugh Thompson, application security expert and Ph.D. in math * Susan Bernecker, former Republican candidate for New Orleans city council. * Susan Pynchon, Director of Florida Fair Elections Coalition Hacking a Diebold machine In a series of four tests conducted in Feb., May, and Dec. 2005, Ion Sancho invited Black Box Voting to Tallahassee after an invitation to check the Diebold machines. Black Box Voting engaged the services of Dr. Herbert Hugh Thompson and Harri Hursti. Dr. Thompson and Hursti believed they could cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diebold
Diebold Nixdorf is an American multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs and currency processing systems), point-of-sale terminals, physical security products, and software and related services for global financial, retail, and commercial markets. Currently Diebold Nixdorf is headquartered in the Akron- Canton area with a presence in around 130 countries, and the company employs approximately 23,000 people. Founded in 1859 in Cincinnati, Ohio as the Diebold Bahmann Safe Company, the company eventually changed its name to Diebold Safe & Lock Company. In 1921, Diebold Safe & Lock Company sold the world's largest commercial bank vault to Detroit National Bank. Diebold has since branched into diverse markets, and is currently the largest provider of ATMs in the United States. Diebold Nixdorf was founded when Diebold Inc. acquired Germany's Wincor Nixdorf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
