Hovav Shacham and Stephen Checkoway, University of California - San Diego (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Hovav Shacham and Stephen Checkoway, University of California - San Diego

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Computer scientists hacked an electronic voting machine and stole votes using a malicious programming approach that had not been invented when the voting machine was designed. Hovav Shacham and Stephen Checkoway employed "return-oriented programming" to force a Sequoia AVC Advantage electronic voting machine to turn against itself and steal votes.

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UC San Diego / Daniel Kane

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