Diebold voting machines are laughably insecure. It is quite possible they are susceptible to a Stuxnet type attack. Well, they most certainly are. The only question is whether the Russians, or some other entity, will launch such an attack. Someone needs to investigate whether a Stuxnet type attack is capable of determining election outcomes or is merely capable of creating random election results. If line “A” is always Republican, line “B” always Democratic, etc., then it is possible to infect the machines and determine elections. If so, the worm has been being passed around American computers at least since Trump announced his candidacy.
Diebold voting machines, became very popular in Red states after the Diebold CEO stated he would ensure Bush would win. And they are popular in Blue states as well. These voting machines do not have a paper trail to validate voter choices. It is IMPOSSIBLE TO VERIFY that the vote count accurately indicates voter choices. Statistical analysis of election results in several elections districts have indicated vote counts were inaccurate regards statistical expectations.
I was very involved with groups, and a personal acquaintance, who demonstrated how easy it was to crack Diebold voting machines and determine elections. It is quite possible the Russians have a Stuxnet type worm already dispersed to affect Diebold voting machines.
Voting machines were a side business for Diebold whose main business is with banks. The insecurity of and controversies surrounding Diebold voting machines caused Diebold Corp to wash its hands of voting machines.
It is likely that other voting machine brands that do not have a paper trail to validate that voter intentions were recorded by the voting machine are also susceptible to Stuxnet type attack.
This is a national security issue.