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sigh, not this again. only found this not-very-good response in english to those "experts": http://www.vvk.ee/valimiste-korraldamine/vvk-uudised/vabariigi-vali

sigh, not this again. only found this not-very-good response in english to those "experts": http://www.vvk.ee/valimiste-korraldamine/vvk-uudised/vabariigi-valimiskomisjoni-vastulause-the-guardianis-ilmunud-artiklile/ http://www.vvk.ee/valimiste-korraldamine/vvk-uudised/vabarii... but saying "terribly insecure" is more than wrong. yeah, thare are many procedural things which could be better, but technologically estonian e-voting is secure. only serious threat is propaganda.

tikums 12y ago
Are you saying it's resistant to penetration by Russian security services? Sorry if I don't take your word for it. They have just successfully hacked into several of the top financial institutions in the world: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2691902/security0/russian-hackers-reportedly-behind-jp-morgan-data-breach-this-summer.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/2691902/security0/russia... They got away with customer data and who-knows-what-else. I'm pretty sure JP Morgan has a bigger cyber-security budged than the whole state of Estonia, many times over. And then check the laundry list of these: http://cybercampaigns.net/ http://cybercampaigns.net/ The basic truth is: we still don't quite know how to design digital information systems that can resist attacks from very persistent or nation state level actors. Even if these are air-gaped (as demonstrated by Stuxnet).
- asstonian 12y ago
  well, lets hope then that Edgar doesn't get along with FSB too well and profit from hacking estonian e-voting stays lower than price of exploit :) and no matter how big is your budget, kidnapping/blackmailing sysadmins is cheaper :P
- mikeyouse 12y ago
  JP Morgan has ~$2.5 Trillion under management, annual revenues near $100B/year, and profits around $20B/year. Estonia's GDP is $25B and their annual tax receipts are about $4B/year. It's quite easy to assume that JP Morgan spends far more on security than the entire country of Estonia.

tikums 12y ago

Are you saying it's resistant to penetration by Russian security services? Sorry if I don't take your word for it. They have just successfully hacked into several of the top financial institutions in the world: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2691902/security0/russian-hackers-reportedly-behind-jp-morgan-data-breach-this-summer.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/2691902/security0/russia... They got away with customer data and who-knows-what-else. I'm pretty sure JP Morgan has a bigger cyber-security budged than the whole state of Estonia, many times over. And then check the laundry list of these: http://cybercampaigns.net/ http://cybercampaigns.net/ The basic truth is: we still don't quite know how to design digital information systems that can resist attacks from very persistent or nation state level actors. Even if these are air-gaped (as demonstrated by Stuxnet).

asstonian 12y ago
well, lets hope then that Edgar doesn't get along with FSB too well and profit from hacking estonian e-voting stays lower than price of exploit :) and no matter how big is your budget, kidnapping/blackmailing sysadmins is cheaper :P
mikeyouse 12y ago
JP Morgan has ~$2.5 Trillion under management, annual revenues near $100B/year, and profits around $20B/year. Estonia's GDP is $25B and their annual tax receipts are about $4B/year. It's quite easy to assume that JP Morgan spends far more on security than the entire country of Estonia.