When you implement a program change at work you write specs and perform all kinds of tests but you need to trust all kinds of people because there are lots of things you never test. You just test what is supposed to have changed. You never re-test the operating system, for instance, or the drivers or the firmware on the various boards and chips.
Also, code chan change itself so what was there one day may be removed the next. Basically, if there was sufficiane money involved you would be wise never to rely on a computer. One day the world will wake up. I hope!
The largest program I ever had to reverse engineer was 40,000 lines. That was about 4" thick of fan-fold paper. At 10,000 lines per inch 17 million must be a pile about 140' tall!
And I suspect that the operating system, all system utilities, drivers etc would be extra. The malicious code could even be on a USB drive that was only present during the election. The possibilities are endless.
It's bloated for a reason. I have no idea how the Brazilian military could get through it all in a timely manner. That's probably what the crooks are counting on.
When you implement a program change at work you write specs and perform all kinds of tests but you need to trust all kinds of people because there are lots of things you never test. You just test what is supposed to have changed. You never re-test the operating system, for instance, or the drivers or the firmware on the various boards and chips.
Also, code chan change itself so what was there one day may be removed the next. Basically, if there was sufficiane money involved you would be wise never to rely on a computer. One day the world will wake up. I hope!
And with 17 million lines of code, there sure are many places to hide suspicious code!
The largest program I ever had to reverse engineer was 40,000 lines. That was about 4" thick of fan-fold paper. At 10,000 lines per inch 17 million must be a pile about 140' tall!
And I suspect that the operating system, all system utilities, drivers etc would be extra. The malicious code could even be on a USB drive that was only present during the election. The possibilities are endless.
It's bloated for a reason. I have no idea how the Brazilian military could get through it all in a timely manner. That's probably what the crooks are counting on.