Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Agency to Acquire a Voting Machine and Hack It
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19 points
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October 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
yepyoukno
This is kind of funny. Hate the administration or not, this kind of thing should be happening and the tone of those shocked that standards for security should be examined is ironic at least.
dfe
The fact that government employees are shocked that the political appointees want to perform an industry-standard penetration test on the systems they are responsible for tells me everything I need to know. What is the reason for the shock? I’m afraid we can only speculate. What an absolutely insane narrative framing by propublica.