Harri Hursti
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Harri Harras Hursti is a Finnish computer programmer and former Chairman of the Board
and co-founder of ROMmon where he supervised in the development of the world's smallest 2 gigabit
traffic analysis product that was later acquired by F-Secure Corporation
.
Hursti is well known for participating in the Black Box Voting hack studies, along with Dr. Herbert "Hugh" Thompson
. The memory card hack demonstrated in Leon County is popularly known as "the Hursti Hack
". This hack was part of a series of four voting machine hacking tests organized by the nonprofit election watchdog group Black Box Voting in collaboration with the producers of HBO documentary, Hacking Democracy
. The studies proved serious security flaws in the voting systems of Diebold Election Systems.
Hursti lives in the United States since 2009 and works for SafelyLocked.
on October 2009 with Limor "Ladyada" Fried and Carl Malamud
.
Chair (official)
The chairman is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an...
and co-founder of ROMmon where he supervised in the development of the world's smallest 2 gigabit
Gigabit
The gigabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage. The prefix giga is defined in the International System of Units as a multiplier of 109 , and therefore...
traffic analysis product that was later acquired by F-Secure Corporation
F-Secure
F-Secure Corporation is an anti-virus and computer security software company based in Helsinki, Finland. The company has 18 country offices and a presence in more than 100 countries, with Security Lab operations in Helsinki, Finland and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
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Hursti is well known for participating in the Black Box Voting hack studies, along with Dr. Herbert "Hugh" Thompson
Herbert Hugh Thompson
Dr. Herbert Hugh Thompson is an application security consultant.Thompson received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Florida Institute of Technology. and holds a CISSP certificate...
. The memory card hack demonstrated in Leon County is popularly known as "the Hursti Hack
Hursti Hack
The Hursti Hack was a successful attempt to alter the votes recorded on a Diebold optical scan voting machine. The hack is named after Harri Hursti.- Participants :The participants were:*Ion Sancho, Supervisor of Elections, Leon County, Florida....
". This hack was part of a series of four voting machine hacking tests organized by the nonprofit election watchdog group Black Box Voting in collaboration with the producers of HBO documentary, Hacking Democracy
Hacking Democracy
Hacking Democracy is a 2006 documentary film by producer Robert Carrillo Cohen and producer / directors Russell Michaels and Simon Ardizzone, shown on HBO...
. The studies proved serious security flaws in the voting systems of Diebold Election Systems.
Hursti lives in the United States since 2009 and works for SafelyLocked.
Awards
Mr. Hursti got the EFF Pioneer AwardEFF Pioneer Award
The EFF Pioneer Award is an annual prize for people who have made significant contributions to the empowerment of individuals in using computers. Until 1998 it was presented at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., USA. Thereafter it was presented at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference...
on October 2009 with Limor "Ladyada" Fried and Carl Malamud
Carl Malamud
Carl Malamud is a technologist, author, and public domain advocate, currently known for his foundation public.resource.org. He was the founder of the Internet Multicasting Service. During his time with this group, he was responsible for creating the first Internet radio station, for putting the...
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External links
- Hardware Hacker, E-Voting Investigator, and Public Domain Advocate Win Pioneer Awards
- F-Secure Official website
- Hacking Democracy: Official Website and DVD
- BlackBoxVoting.org "America's Elections Watchdog Group" official website
- HBO Documentary Films: "Hacking Democracy" website
- IMDB (The Internet Movie Database) Re: "Hacking Democracy"
- VoteTrustUSA.org : Florida: The Harri Hursti Hack and its Importance to our Nation