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Election Systems Are Even More Vulnerable Than We Thought

https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-election-systems-more-vulnerable

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials

“If they did everything correctly [with the ES&S systems] as they say they do, there is no danger,” Robert Graham, CEO of Errata Security, told Motherboard. “These are all secure technologies that if [configured] correctly work just fine. It’s just that we have no faith that they are done correctly. And the fact that [election officials are] saying they aren’t on the internet and yet they are on the internet shows us that we have every reason to distrust them.”

Flying Vulnerabilities

A Boeing Code Leak Exposes Security Flaws Deep in a 787's Guts
https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-787-code-leak-security-flaws

The Boeing press release makes me think that they're hiding something, or that they weren't able to fully test the vulnerabilities found.