EAC, which has responsibility for US voting and certification systems, has been violated, according to a publication by the security services company, Recorded Future. The report was further substantiated by TechCrunch, as well as the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) itself, which confirmed a "possible invasion" that coincided with the US Presidential Election.
The US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established in 2002 as part of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) which was a piece of legislation signed by President Bush to prevent the debacle Florida experienced in elections of 2000. Then more than two millions ballots were excluded because the systems had given multiple or no votes at all.
So today, EAC is running the testing, maintenance and certification of these machines, as well as spending, ordering new machines, and maintaining the voter registration form.
The hacking of the EAC does not amount to the hacking of any voting system, and so the hack is not believed to have played any role in the election of the new President. But it's still annoying, and something that certainly worries the CIA who believe Russia is behind the hack.
Νωρίτερα αυτό το μήνα, η εταιρεία ασφαλείας Recorded Future πραγματοποίησε μια ανεξάρτητη έρευνα που οδήγησε στην εύρεση ενός hacker με το όνομα “Rasputin”. Ο hacker προσπαθούσε να πουλήσει πάνω από εκατό συνδέσεις σε αυτά τα συστήματα, προσφέροντας επίσης και ένα un-patched exploit στη διεθνή ιστοσελίδα της ΕAC. Η SQL vulnerability it has since been fixed.
Maybe it's funny but Rasputin speaks Russian. Of course this does not mean that they are necessary from Russia or that it works for the Russian government.
