Why Was Moscow’s Blockchain Voting System Cracked A Month Before An Election?
It’s simple – Russia wants the world to believe, elections cannot be secured by blockchain from foreign interference
Russian officials announced the Moscow City Duma election would use a blockchain voting system for the first time to secure elections. To test the security of the system prior to accepting real votes, Moscow officials offered a prize on Github. They promised a cash prize to anyone who could successfully ‘crack’ the new voting system.
Pierrick Gaudry, from Lorraine University, was able to break the Ethereum-based smart contract encryption in only 20 minutes using nothing more than an average desktop computer and free, publicly available software. Gaudry estimates more modern equipment and sophisticated techniques could crack the encryption in only 10 minutes.
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