How do you dump the firmware from a "secure" voting machine? With a $15 open source hardware board

One of the highlights of this year's Defcon conference in Vegas was the Voting Machine Hacking Village, where security researchers tore apart the "secure" voting machines America trusts its democracy to.


The Voting Machine Hacking Village just released its master report on the vulnerabilities they found, and the participants are talking about it on Twitter, including Joe Fitz's note that he dumped the firmware off a Accuvote TSX with one of Adafruit's $15 open source hardware FT232h breakout boards.

FT232h breakout on @cspan from @adafruit used to dump firmware off Accuvote TSX @securelyfitz @essvote

[Adafruit]