EAC, which has responsibility for US voting and certification systems, has been violated, according to a publication by the security services company, Recorded Future. Η έκθεση τεκμηριώθηκε περαιτέρω από το TechCrunch, καθώς και την ίδια την US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) που επιβεβαίωσε μια "πιθανή εισβολή" που συνέπεσε με τις Αμερικάνικες Προεδρικές Εκλογές.
The US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established in 2002 as part of Help America Vote Act (HAVA) which was a piece of legislation signed by President Bush to prevent Florida's 2000 election rigging. At the time, more than two million ballots were disqualified because the systems had cast 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.
EAC hacking is not tantamount to violating a voting system, so it is not believed that hack has played a role in electing the new President. But it is still annoying, and one that certainly concerns the CIA that believes Russia is behind the hack.
Earlier this month, security firm Recorded Future πραγματοποίησε μια ανεξάρτητη έρευνα που οδήγησε στην εύρεση ενός hacker με το name "Rasputin". Ο hacker προσπαθούσε να πουλήσει πάνω από εκατό συνδέσεις σε αυτά τα συστήματα, προσφέροντας επίσης και ένα un-patched 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 necessary from Russia or that it works for the Russian government.
