Cybersecurity
World’s Most High-Tech Voting System to Get New Hacking Defenses
- Estonian e-voting head says anti-tamper software almost ready
- Baltic country blames neighboring Russia for 2007 cyber attack
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Estonia, the only country in the world where voters elect their leaders through online balloting, is taking steps to fend off potential hacking attacks as cyber-security fears intensify.
A software overhaul for the system, introduced in 2005, is ready for testing before local elections in October, according to Tarvi Martens, the National Electoral Committee’s head of e-voting. The upgrade includes anti-tampering features known as end-to-end verifiability that addresses security concerns from groups such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, he said.