Why Hacking U.S. Elections Is So Easy

Let’s say you run an authoritarian government, and you want to cause chaos in a democratic country. What’s an easy target? How about the voting process?

Hacking U.S. elections might be easier than you think.

Check out also this talk on hacking democracy by J. Alex Halderman from the University of Michigan: https://events.technologyreview.com/video/watch/halderman-michigan-hacking-democracy/

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