Dirty USB Stick

Dirty USB stick used to transfer official results

Dirty USB stick used to transfer official results

The results of an election are supposed to be written to a DVD after tabulation to prevent tampering, but in the October 2013 election there was an error burning the DVD; a USB flash drive was used instead at the last minute. This screenshot shows that many other files were present on the USB drive while transporting the official voting count after tabulation. This created an opportunity to substitute false results or infectious malware to spread to the counting server.