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Darknet Diaries · September 15, 2025 · 65m

Hacking the Vote: Election Security in 2025

An examination of election security vulnerabilities, from voting machines to voter registration databases to social media influence operations.

Canon

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Attackers do not need to change votes. They only need to create doubt about the process. Creating doubt is infinitely cheaper than proving integrity, exploiting the fundamental falsehood asymmetry.
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Election security professionals cannot make elections perfectly secure. They can control paper trails, audit procedures, and monitoring systems — the controllable elements of defense.