https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/paj4qz/tulsi-gabbard-says-a-teen-hacked-a-replica-of-floridas-election-system-shes-wrong
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Vice.com
July 1, 2019
The spectre of Russian hacking and election interference is very much a
presence in the lead up to the 2020 presidential elections. And Hawaii
Rep. and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has been one of the more
outspoken candidates when it comes to that danger.
On Friday, Gabbard went on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher and sounded the
alarm once again.
"We have to take seriously the security of our elections because of the
vulnerabilities that exist-still now-that really have the ability to
undermine our democracy," Gabbard said.
She then said that America's election security is in such a vulnerable
state that a teenage hacker managed to compromise a "replica" of Florida's
election system.
"There's a hacking conference that's held every year in Las Vegas where I
think a 14 or 15-year old-girl from Florida hacked into a replica of
Florida's election system in less than 15 minutes," she said.
This talking point gets people's attention about election security, but
it's also factually wrong. A teenager did not hack a replica of Florida's
election system.
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