Diebold TSx Evaluation Security Alert: May 11, 2006 Critical Security Issues with Diebold TSx
Contributing Organization(s): Black Box Voting
Author(s)/Creator(s): Harri Hursti
Publishing Date: 2006-05-11
Issue Areas: Government Reform; Computers and Technology
Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2006 Black Box Voting, Inc.
File info: 12 pages; 350.1 KB file size
Access Note: A supplemental report with additional observations can be found at: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/BBVreportII-supplement-unredacted.pdf
This document describes several security issues with the Diebold electronic voting terminals TSx and TS6. These touch-pad terminals are widely used in US and Canadian elections and are among the most widely used touch pad voting systems in North America. Several vulnerabilities are described in this report. One of them, however, seems to enable a malicious person to compromise the equipment even years before actually using the exploit, possibly leaving the voting terminal incurably compromised.
These architectural defects are not in the election-processing system itself. However, they compromise the underlying platform and therefore cast a serious question over the integrity of the vote. These exploits can be used to affect the trustworthiness of the system or to selectively disenfranchise groups of voters through denial of service.
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Access Note: A supplemental report with additional observations can be found at: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/BBVreportII-supplement-unredacted.pdf
Intended Audience: Advocates; College/University Professors; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers
Type/Format: Evaluation
Language code: English
Type/Format: Evaluation
Language code: English
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