[kictanet] Was the IEBC hacked? An insider's view

[Erik Hersman]

+1 on the fact that this was an add-on system, meant to provide transparency, but was never intended to be the official source for the tally of elections.  

We finally have an idea of the system setup and what went wrong: http://iebctechkenya.tumblr.com/post/44928868808/a-clear-definition-of-the-iebc-tech-failure

Erik Hersman

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On Mar 9, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
> 
> I will repeat what Adam has noted:
> 
> It sounds like he did the best job possible but a penetration test is just one of many layers needed for security so this really does appear to be a textbook example of a failed implementation of an important technology system.
> 
> Pentest and securing of a system does NOT in any way stop someone with access privileges from compromising the system in their own special way:)
> 
> 
> 
> On 9 March 2013 11:58, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
> It doesn't really matter in terms of the election itself because the system was abandoned and was never intended to be the definitive basis of results.  
> 
> However, saying that attacks were stopped in real time is already bad news.  The fact that he was changing passwords and taking the "SQL server" off the network (I presume he means on some sort of public or unsafe network) just days before the election is pretty bad.  The system could have been hijacked before he set up the IDS and did that work.  It sounds like he did the best job possible but a penetration test is just one of many layers needed for security so this really does appear to be a textbook example of a failed implementation of an important technology system.
> 
> However, many best practices and lessons could come out of this.  It almost seems like a book-length project.
> 
> -Adam
> 
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Rebecca Wanjiku <rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just in case you were wondering whether it was hacked, the person who did the pen test and monitored the network says no.
> 
> Read the views......
> 
> http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/03/was-the-iebc-network-compromise-an-insiders-view/
> 
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