Cybersecurity think tank: Election systems 'virtually defenseless' to hacks

Voting machines are easily exploitable and election officials regularly fall victim to social engineering cyber attacks, according to a new report by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology.

“The cyber, technical and physical vulnerabilities that riddle America's election process render a virtually limitless attack surface for adversaries who exploit it with infinite variations,” the report states. “Nation states, self-radicalized cyber lone wolves, hacktivists, cyber mercenaries and script kiddies all seek to interrupt, exploit and cripple American systems in every...