Trump administration officials asked to secretly buy a voting machine and test its hackability

Reports say appointees at the US Department of Homeland Security, after Trump took office as president, urged the Election Security Agency to secretly obtain a voting machine and hack it. Former officials say the intent was to do this without informing the manufacturer, and the matter relates to electoral integrity and the way the machine was to be acquired.

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• The request came from appointees at the US Department of Homeland Security after Trump took office as president, according to former officials.

  «Former officials say Homeland Security appointees wanted machine hacked without telling its maker»

  Anadolu Ajansı
• The goal was to buy the machine secretly in order to test its hackability.

  «DHS officials urged secret purchase of voting machine for hacking test after Trump took office: Report»

  Anadolu Ajansı
• The report says the officials asked the Election Security Agency to obtain the machine and hack it secretly.

  «Trump Officials Asked Election Security Agency to Secretly Obtain and Hack a Voting Machine, Report Finds»

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