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Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections

  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • 1h 31m
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Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections (2020)
In advance of the 2020 Presidential election, KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS takes a deep dive into the weaknesses of today's election technology, investigating the startling vulnerabilities in America's voting systems and the alarming risks they pose to our democracy.
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Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.

  • Directors
    • Simon Ardizzone
    • Russell Michaels
    • Sarah Teale
  • Stars
    • J. Alex Halderman
    • Sue Halpern
    • Nathaniel Herz
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  • IMDb RATING
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    793
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Simon Ardizzone
      • Russell Michaels
      • Sarah Teale
    • Stars
      • J. Alex Halderman
      • Sue Halpern
      • Nathaniel Herz
    • 14User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections: Malware And Social Engineering
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    Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections: Malware And Social Engineering
    Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections: Black Market Hacking
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    Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections: Black Market Hacking
    Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections: Testing Tamper Evidence
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    Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections: Testing Tamper Evidence
    Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections: Voting Machine Vulnerabilities
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    J. Alex Halderman
    • Self
    • (as Prof. J. Alex Halderman)
    Sue Halpern
    • Self - Author
    Nathaniel Herz
    • Self - Reporter
    Harri Hursti
    • Self
    Mikko Hyppönen
    • Self
    Amy Klobuchar
    Amy Klobuchar
    • Self - Minnesota Senator
    • (as Sen. Amy Klobuchar)
    James Lankford
    James Lankford
    • Self
    • (as Sen. James Lankford)
    Douglas Lute
    Douglas Lute
    • Self - U.S. Ambassador to NATO
    • (as Amb. Douglas Lute)
    Jeff Moss
    Jeff Moss
    • Self
    Ion Sancho
    • Self - Supervisor of Elections
    Carsten Schürmann
    • Self
    Jacob Stauffer
    • Self
    Mark Warner
    Mark Warner
    • Self
    • (as Sen. Mark Warner)
    Tom Welling
    Tom Welling
    • Self
    Ron Wyden
    Ron Wyden
    • Self
    • (as Senator Ron Wyden)
    • Directors
      • Simon Ardizzone
      • Russell Michaels
      • Sarah Teale
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    10scooterdog2

    Why is this documentary not more widely known?

    For those wondering how in the world the 2020 election could simultaneously be heralded "the most secure in US history" by election officials, and called "the greatest theft in the history of America" well then "Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections" (2020) is for you.

    Harri Hursti is from Finland, and to establish his credibility we take a look at the Russia / Finland border and see a few of his childhood records establishing his rock-solid security and computer expertise. The highlight of this well-produced documentary was a recent Defcon hacker's conference, where one of the machines revealed a Windows XP login accessed remotely and hacked into.

    Not unexpectedly a number of parties declined to be interviewed for obvious reasons - the software is proprietary, the hardware had all kinds of ports to connect into, they travel to an eBay reseller in Ohio who has stacks of Dominion Systems machines from 2002 readily for sale, still with voting records from 2012 in them.

    Is there a Venezuelan connection to Dominion? Servers in Barcelona and Frankfurt? Data on flash drives that get 'lost'? I was told there was an air gap, that these machines are not connected to the Internet. Who knows, it really doesn't matter - these voting machines are hopelessly compromised in their current state.

    All you have to do is watch this and see for yourself how compromised our voting system in the United States is at present.
    9mr-altex

    Watching this ahead of election is funny

    This sequel or follow up to Hacking Democracy (documentary from 2006) is not being taken seriously enough. All discussions in American politics repeat every 2 or so year, just changing sides depending who won and who lost.

    This documentary captures how easy it is to manipulate the votes pretty well. As technology moved forward, so did the security holes. It is inconceivable to have a voting machine that serves as a black box, that is relying on external data input while having data processing inside or even data link for updates that connects to intranet of some sort.

    I am glad my country is using good old fashion paper thrown into a sealed box and people count it at the end of the voting day.
    9The_Boxing_Cat

    PAPER BALLOTS is a MUST!

    No ifs ands or buts about it- EVERY voting machine is vulnerable.

    BOTH Republicans and Democrats politicians should want to get rid of voting machines- those who disagree need to be educated- if they still disagree they should never be able to run for office.

    EVERYONE knows Kemp is a dirty politician, especially now with the new documentary "2000 Mules" (2022) I say this as a Democrat that voted for Donald Trump.

    We should make voting day (NOT days) a national holiday. If well organized paper ballots can be used and counted.

    The film is skewed from a Democrat perspective.
    10kim-416-433710

    Very well produced and totally believable

    As an electrical engineer, I can see the vulnerabilities and am in shock that our government is ignoring this clear and dangerous threat!!
    10philipmccafferypm-59915

    Personally I find this a very REAL!!

    I know it got deplatformed etc. In the wake of being dubbed conspiracy. But then Politico before the mid terms of Joe Bidens presidency were warning about hackers tunnelling into voting infrastructure in their article headlined "6 election security threats to watch for on Election Day". And every outlet that reviewed this documentry prior to it being deplatformed found the documentry to be a very real and troubling. I mean people can believe their eyes hackers hacking voting machines, or you can believe senators most of which cannot handle an excel spreadsheet.

    For me its a must watch because political honesty is a thing of the past. My faith in traditional media is gone even more so after the active Covid origins cover up. But people have to watch for themselves and make their own mind up on it.

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      • March 26, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 美國大選觀察:網路戰
    • Production companies
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      • HBO Documentary Films
      • Ish Entertainment
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