How to hack the upcoming Dutch elections and how hackers could have since 2009 (sijmen.ruwhof.net) 40 points by dikkechill 9y ago ↗ HN
[–] throwaway2016a 9y ago ↗ To answer the question:You change the SHA1 hash of the voting data in both the PDF and the XML filename. As long as the user is not verifying against a paper printout this attack will work.Everything else in this article is secondary.
[–] gpvos 9y ago ↗ Well, that's funny: Firefox tells me that "Your connection is not secure. The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security."
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[ 1.9 ms ] story [ 11.3 ms ] threadYou change the SHA1 hash of the voting data in both the PDF and the XML filename. As long as the user is not verifying against a paper printout this attack will work.
Everything else in this article is secondary.