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Diebold election insecurity systems

Diebold election insecurity systems

Posted May 23, 2006 19:36 UTC (Tue) by johnwin (guest, #4711)
Parent article: Diebold election insecurity systems

"Simply showing up at the county clerk's office in an official looking Diebold uniform would probably be enough to get access to the machines in many areas."

Witness the recent credit card fraud at Shell garages in the UK, where the skimming devices were installed in credit card terminals simply by a chap who turned up and said, "Hi, I've come to service the credit card terminal".


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