This year’s US election has given rise to plenty of peculiar developments. Here is another one: Carbon Black, a cyber security firm, has released a poll suggesting that 58 per cent of voters think it “likely” that electronic voting machines could be cyber-hacked. Indeed, popular concern is so high that 15m voters may refuse to participate, Carbon Black says, noting that “voters believe a US insider threat (28 per cent), Russia (17 per cent) and the candidates themselves (15 per cent) pose the biggest risks”.
今年的美国大选引发了很多奇怪的事态。这里又有一样:网络安全公司Carbon Black公布民调显示,58%的选民认为电子投票器被入侵的“可能性较大”。Carbon Black称,事实上,公众担忧之甚,以至于1500万选民可能会拒绝参加投票。该公司指出,“选民认为美国内部人士(28%)、俄罗斯(17%)和候选人本身(15%)是前几大构成风险的危险因素。”