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Voting machine software maker to allow hackers to find vulnerabilities

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August 5, 2020

Election Systems & Software LLC, a provider of voting-machine technology, will give hackers a chance to probe system vulnerabilities, marking a change in the company's policy, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Chris Wlaschin, the company's chief information security officer, on Wednesday said the company will present the company's outreach effort to security researchers at the annual Black Hat hacker convention this year, which will be a virtual event.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week called for increased cooperation between election officials, security researchers and vendors as it released guidance for election administrators on addressing security vulnerabilities.

National security officials have warned about foreign adversaries interfering in U.S. elections, noting Russia has probed state election systems and used social media to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, which Russia has denied.