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Investigative documentary says 2016 US election was exposed to fraud

An HBO investigative television documentary Kill Chain graphically portrayed what happened in the 2016 presidential contest and how the electoral system could easily be hacked

Kill Chain, HBO investigative documentary
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It interviewed a shadowy hacker with a South Indian accent who reportedly entered the main computer of the election in Alaska 4 years ago from an IP address of a New Delhi power plant | Photo: HBO

Ashis Ray London
The election of the President of the US was wide open to cyberattacks and other malpractices from state actors and lone wolves. Sandy Clark, a security researcher at Pennsylvania University, said: “Those of us who know how vulnerable the voting systems are in these elections are terribly afraid.”  

An HBO investigative television documentary Kill Chain graphically portrayed what happened in the 2016 presidential contest and how the electoral system could easily be hacked, because of the weaknesses of the voting machines and the absence of reliable paper trail, among other shortcomings.
 
It interviewed a shadowy hacker with a South Indian

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