07-18-2019, 10:01 AM
Microsoft Open Sources software to guard U.S. voting machines
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<p>Microsoft is rolling out an open-source software product called ElectionGuard, which it said uses encryption to “enable a new era of secure, verifiable voting.” The company is working with election machine vendors and local governments to deploy the system in a pilot program for the 2020 election. Microsoft would give away software designed to improve the security of American voting machines, even as the tech giant said it had tracked 781 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries targeting political organizations so far this election cycle.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/microsoft-will-give-away-software-guard-u-s-voting-machines-n1030956" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NBC News</a></p>
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<p>Microsoft is rolling out an open-source software product called ElectionGuard, which it said uses encryption to “enable a new era of secure, verifiable voting.” The company is working with election machine vendors and local governments to deploy the system in a pilot program for the 2020 election. Microsoft would give away software designed to improve the security of American voting machines, even as the tech giant said it had tracked 781 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries targeting political organizations so far this election cycle.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/microsoft-will-give-away-software-guard-u-s-voting-machines-n1030956" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NBC News</a></p>
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