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"A software error, not a cyberattack, caused a problem that resulted in nearly 120,000 voters being left off the printed voter rosters at Los Angeles County polling places in California's June primary, county officials said Wednesday.
An independent review by IBM Security Services concluded that the county's software to keep track of voters didn't recognize a change in the format for voter data provided by the state. As a result, the software discarded the birthdays for 118,509 voters, determined they were too young to vote and did not include them on the printed rosters used at polling places."
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(Score: 2) by legont on Friday August 03 2018, @12:39AM
The certification process decreases liability. This is the only goal because (re)moving liability is the Western Way to Glory (see the history of LLCorporations).
As per actual bugs, nobody gives a shit.
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