Federal review says Dominion software flaws haven't been exploited in elections
Federal cybersecurity officials have verified there are software vulnerabilities in certain ballot-marking devices made by
Dominion Voting Systems, discovered during a controversial
Georgia court case, which could in theory allow a malicious actor to tamper with the devices.
The vulnerabilities have never been exploited in an election and doing so would require
physical access to voting equipment or other
extraordinary criteria standard election security practices prevent, according to the analysis from the
US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
But because the subject is
Dominion voting equipment, which has been the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely claim there was
large-scale fraud in the 2020 election, federal and state and local officials are bracing for
election deniers to try to weaponize news of the vulnerabilities ahead of midterm elections.
