Emmett Brewster, 11, successfully hacked into an exact replica of website used by the Florida Secretary of State to report election results changing the results. It took the schoolboy just ten minutes to gain access into the site. This happened at this year’s DEFCON hacking conference in Las Vegas Friday.
Just recently, experts have stressed how easy it is to illegally access tamper with election results.
Emmett and other children were offered the chance to hack into an exact replica of a Secretary of State website.
According to reports, the kids were offered thirteen replicas of Secretary of State websites.
About fifty kids between the ages of 8 and 16 took part in the kid-specific workshop at this year’s hacker conference. According to Quartz, the kids were able to manipulate various things on the mock websites, including vote counts, candidate names, and party names.
Just recently, experts have stressed how easy it is to illegally access tamper with election results.
Emmett and other children were offered the chance to hack into an exact replica of a Secretary of State website.
According to reports, the kids were offered thirteen replicas of Secretary of State websites.
About fifty kids between the ages of 8 and 16 took part in the kid-specific workshop at this year’s hacker conference. According to Quartz, the kids were able to manipulate various things on the mock websites, including vote counts, candidate names, and party names.
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