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Systems used by courts and governments across the U.S. riddled with vulnerabilities (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by tardigrada to c/technology

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Over the past year, software developer turned security researcher Jason Parker has found and reported dozens of critical vulnerabilities in no fewer than 19 commercial platforms used by hundreds of courts, government agencies, and police departments across the U.S. Most of the vulnerabilities were critical.

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"These platforms are supposed to ensure transparency and fairness, but are failing at the most fundamental level of cybersecurity,” Parker wrote recently in a post he penned in an attempt to raise awareness. “If a voter’s registration can be canceled with little effort and confidential legal filings can be accessed by unauthorized users, what does it mean for the integrity of these systems?”

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[–] disguised_doge@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

Systems ~~used by courts and governments across the US~~ riddled with vulnerabilities