If a PC has any type of internet connection (WIFI / 4G / Cable) then a RAT can give a remote attacker full control...full control as if you were physically sitting in front of the keyboard. Once the attacker has full control the rest is easy.
And yes the RAT method is just one way this could happen. Packet sniffing the open WIFI would probably also be used.
They could also use unknown exploits and backdoors which the NSA has already admitted they create with direct help of Microsoft.
Now I am wondering why the WIFI was set to 'open (no password)'. All modern WIFI gear comes with passwords already setup for you. They would surely have had to go in and change it to 'unsecure' manually.
Just shaking my head. Yes, the voting machine could be hacked. The voting machine could be manipulated completely if configured that way. That is not my point at all.
My point is that the OP claimed, please read the title of the post, that the mere fact that no password was required for the voting machine to get on Wi-Fi that the voting machine data could be altered. This is not a correct assertion. That is all. This has NOTHING to do with the security of the voting machines. This has NOTHING to do with if voting machines should have Internet access.
If a PC has any type of internet connection (WIFI / 4G / Cable) then a RAT can give a remote attacker full control...full control as if you were physically sitting in front of the keyboard. Once the attacker has full control the rest is easy.
And yes the RAT method is just one way this could happen. Packet sniffing the open WIFI would probably also be used.
They could also use unknown exploits and backdoors which the NSA has already admitted they create with direct help of Microsoft.
Now I am wondering why the WIFI was set to 'open (no password)'. All modern WIFI gear comes with passwords already setup for you. They would surely have had to go in and change it to 'unsecure' manually.
Just shaking my head. Yes, the voting machine could be hacked. The voting machine could be manipulated completely if configured that way. That is not my point at all.
My point is that the OP claimed, please read the title of the post, that the mere fact that no password was required for the voting machine to get on Wi-Fi that the voting machine data could be altered. This is not a correct assertion. That is all. This has NOTHING to do with the security of the voting machines. This has NOTHING to do with if voting machines should have Internet access.