American children and teenagers were allowed to "hack" the electoral system

American children between the ages of 8 and 16 were officially allowed to try to “hack” the system, which provides counting of votes in state elections.

Competition for the most clever hacker hacker decided to hold members of the United States Democratic Party of America.

Those who dare to “challenge the Russian hackers”, the organizers of the competition promised several exciting tasks, including hacking sites that publish the results of gubernatorial elections, as well as personal pages of candidates in social networks.

At the end of the most dexterous computer geniuses waiting for hacking the most important system that summarizes and analyzes the votes from all polling stations in the country.

True, to become the owner of a cash prize, the child will not only have to hack sites, but also propose an effective anti-hacking technique.

It should be noted that the tasks will not be too difficult for the children, because the US electoral system is very poorly protected. This has been recognized more than once by congressmen and representatives of individual parties, urging the country's programmers to develop a reliable system that could be “hacked” extremely difficult.

The competition should show the president and his assistants that the need has matured - if the system is cracked by a child, then for an adult hacker this generally does not make the slightest difficulty.