Somebody with questionable moral judgment isn't someone you want to have control of your networks.
"Aviel David "Avi" Rubin" is an expert in systems and networking security. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins, Director of ACCURATE, and President and co-founder of [http://www.securityevaluators.com Independent Security Evaluators]. In 2002, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the USENIX Association for a two-year term.
Rubin is credited with bringing to light vulnerabilities in Premier Election Solutions' (formerly Diebold Election Systems) Accuvote electronic voting machines. In 2006, he published a book on his experiences since this event.{{Cite book
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More Avi Rubin on Wikipedia.I don't think with today's technology we can have a voting system that is fully electronic that can be trusted.
What we did is important because we proved that virtually all of the wireless networks used by companies and hospitals are completely open and offer no protection for the data on them.
Our country moved to electronic voting in public elections before the technology was ready, ... This center will develop the fundamental science necessary for secure, accessible, trustworthy and transparent voting.
It is a complete and devastating break of the security of wireless networks.
People have jumped on the electronic voting bandwagon, thinking that will solve the problems, ... But these systems are largely untested.
In the car industry they have to build with safety in mind. Car makers couldn't get away with this. They're more concerned with the bottom line and profits, and that's upsetting.
You have to attack your own system in order to understand how hackers are attacking your system and how to defend against them.
[The Chinese researchers] haven't caused panic yet, ... it's definitely a wake-up call.
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