An 11-Year-Old Changed the Results of Florida's Presidential Vote at DEFCON

Re:An 11-Year-Old Changed the Results of Florida's President... by Twisol on Sunday August 12, 2018 @12:36PM (#17745116)

> “If you’re saying ‘even a kid can hack into this,’ you’re not getting the full story, which can have the impact of the average voter not understanding,” Manfra told BuzzFeed News.

BuzzFeed's headline: "An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida's Presidential Vote At A Hacker Convention."

If all you see is the headline, that's exactly the impression you're going to get. Lampshading it halfway through the article doesn't counteract that.

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Re:An 11-Year-Old Changed the Results of Florida's President... by shawn on Sunday August 12, 2018 @12:50PM (#17745191)

I typed out a big comment criticizing the fact that the kid was also shown how to do the exploit, as opposed to figuring it out for himself.

But y'know what? Good for them. That's step one to figuring out their own exploits. And it makes you think: If even a preteen can pick up the gist of how to do the exploit, you could imagine paying someone to go around and try to run it on election day. They don't need to be very smart, just hard up for cash and willing to take a dumb risk.

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Re:An 11-Year-Old Changed the Results of Florida's President... by thecolorblue on Sunday August 12, 2018 @01:11PM (#17745286)

> ...figuring it out for herself.

Fixed that for you.

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Re:An 11-Year-Old Changed the Results of Florida's President... by shawn on Sunday August 12, 2018 @02:02PM (#17745508)

Whoops, thank you!

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Re:An 11-Year-Old Changed the Results of Florida's President... by close04 on Sunday August 12, 2018 @12:44PM (#17745169)

The title is definitely just meant to get the click. Something I came to expect from any website with Buzzfeed in the name.

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