The episode is a worrying reminder of the vulnerable technologies that still underpin America’s electoral process.
... [+]Silicon Valley loves to boast that software is eating everything, but a bout of code indigestion just caused one of the most high-profile tech glitches in living memory.
According to multiple reports, election officials had problems getting connectivity via the app and in some cases accessing it from their phones. The backup plan system using telephones to call in results was quickly overwhelmed, leading to long delays. Inissued on Tuesday, IDP chairman Troy Price blamed the problem on a “coding issue” and added that the underlying data collected by the app was “sound” but that it caused data that had been collected to be only partially reported.
Since the 2016 U.S. presidential vote, security experts and parties have been working to shore up the technologies used to manage the U.S. electoral process. These have been designated “critical infrastructure” by the government, putting them on a par with software used in things like nuclear power plants and mass transit systems.
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