(SecureDrop/Scoop News Group) Feds plan to use SecureDrop as a vulnerability reporting portal The plan is for DEF CON to host the servers for the vulnerability reporting, acting as a bridge between hackers and the government. Aug 9, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Jeff Moss at Black Hat 2018. Moss, a cybersecurity expert and outside adviser to the Department of Homeland Security, said there is a ‘civil war’ in the election security world. (Photo Courtesy of UBM) DEF CON founder says there’s a ‘civil war’ at voting vendors over security DEF CON founder Jeff Moss told CyberScoop competing impulses over approaches to security at voting equipment makers could force some engineers to leave. Sep 28, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas
A voting booth in Buffalo, NY. U.S. voting machines are easily hackable, DEF CON report says A number of voting machines used in U.S. elections are easily hackable, a report from DEF CON, one of the world’s largest hacker conventions, found. Oct 11, 2017 By Zaid Shoorbajee