The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, says that a report by a computer scientist who studied the Dominion machines in Georgia should not be released at the present time.
The report says that bad actors could “install malicious software,” according to AP.
A federal court has placed the report under seal since July, 2021, as part of a lawsuit.
AP reports that the author, J. Alex Halderman, “said in sworn declarations filed publicly with the court that he examined the Dominion Voting Systems machines for 12 weeks and identified ” multiple severe security flaws” that would allow bad actors to install malicious software.”
CISA argues that the report should remain secret until it can work with Dominion and Halderman to identify and fix problems, and that a public release would harm election security, according to AP.
But Halderman says that the public should see his findings immediately to address the problems.
Sources:
1. Technology-georgia-atlanta-voting-elections
1. Why, after partnering with Smartmatic, does CISA oppose the release of the voting machine report?
2. Does CISA appear Dominion as a good-willed vendor who will honestly “work out” the problems with computer experts?
3. Might this have anything to do with the Smartmatic USA’s CEO being on the Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security transition team that governs the leadership of CISA?
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