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How to Hack an Election
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How to Hack an Election

Bloomberg, 2016

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Controversial
  • Innovative
  • Eye Opening

Recommendation

Rigging an election in the digital age requires more sophisticated tactics than just the simple buying of votes. There are emails to steal, campaign security systems to hack and insidious malware to create. Bloomberg Businessweek journalists Jordan Robertson, Michael Riley and Andrew Willis explain how elections can be bought for a price, with or without a candidate’s knowledge. They tell the story of Andrés Sepúlveda, currently serving a prison sentence in Colombia for a host of crimes related to fixing an election via the Internet. getAbstract recommends this troubling, but vital, article to anyone interested in how leaders come to power in the 21st century.

Take-Aways

  • Andrés Sepúlveda hacked political campaigns in Latin America for eight years; he submits that similar tactics are in use around the globe.
  • Sepúlveda is now serving 10 years in a Colombian prison for crimes related to election tampering
  • Sepúlveda says, “People believe what the Internet says more than reality” and that he has “had the power to make people believe almost anything.”

About the Authors

Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley are cybersecurity reporters for Bloomberg Businessweek. Andrew Willis covers commodities and Colombia for Bloomberg Businessweek.