via Dan Goodin, Security Editor at Ars Technica, comes news that no one in the State of Georgia wants to hear: At least one election server exhibits evidence of compromise – due to the machine’s vulnerability to the Shellshock exploit – which, of course is bad news. The only quesiton we have is: What are the next moves Georgia Election Offcials will take?
‘Forensic evidence shows signs that a Georgia election server may have been hacked ahead of the 2016 and 2018 elections by someone who exploited Shellshock, a critical flaw that gives attackers full control over vulnerable systems’ – viq Dan Goodin Security Editor at Ars Technica
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: https://www.infosecurity.us/blog/2020/1/20/state-of-georgia-election-server-may-have-been-compromised-during-2016-2018-elections
