Sadly, elections systems do not need to be hacked --- As it has been shown in the last decade, trying to influence an election does not require the hacking of infrastructure, which by definition should be considered critical. The proliferation of social networks and bots, along with the unsuspecting attitude that most asiduous users of these systems show, has been more than sufficient to propagate fake news and to provide a taylor-made influx of information capable of impacting the result of elections.

Source author: Carlos García Delgrado cgarciad@sre.gob.mx