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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Wait. This article suggests that a UPS was an attack vector.

Really?

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (8 children)

The most wtf part is using windows on a voting machine and the fact that windows trusts an UPS that connected via usb, I'm not sure how true it is but I'd kind of believe that, as usb is the best way to attack airgapped systems

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

The reason governments use windows is because Microsoft paid to have the various certifications done that are required by regulators. That's why when they do use Linux they end up using something like RHEL (the support contracts factor in too)

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