{
  "id": 5542573,
  "title": "Security Vulnerability in a Voting System",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/security-vulnerability-in-a-voting-system",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T11:09:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Schneier on Security",
    "slug": "schneier-on-security",
    "url": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/security-vulnerability-in-a-voting-system.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It’s a vulnerability that allows someone to recover the order of ballots cast, newly exploited with AI tools. Nearly four years since the original vulnerability was disclosed, I was still able to use it to analyze voter behavior in Georgia (one of the 21 states that uses affected scanners) in the recent May 2026 primary. Notably, I never touched a voting machine, exploited a network, examined…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}