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), a bill signed by President Bush to avert the devastation that Florida experienced in the 2000 election. Millions of ballots were blocked because the systems had given multiple or no votes.
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 της ΕAC δεν ισοδυναμεί με την παραβίαση κάποιου συστήματος ψηφοφορίας, και έτσι δεν πιστεύεται ότι το hack έχει παίξει κάποιο ρόλο στην εκλογή του νέου Προέδρου. Εξακολουθεί όμως να είναι ενοχλητικό, και κάτι που απασχολεί σίγουρα την CIA που πιστεύει ότι πίσω από το hack βρίσκεται η Russia.
Earlier this month, security firm Recorded Future conducted an independent investigation that led to the discovery of a hacker named “Rasputin”. The hacker was trying to sell over a hundred connections to these systems, also offering an un-patched one exploit on the EAC international website. The SQL vulnerability has since been patched.
Maybe it's funny but Rasputin speaks Russian. Of course this does not mean that they are necessarily from Russia or that it works for Russian government.
