VoteHere, a developer of secure electronic voting
technology, confirmed that a hacker broke into its corporate
network in October and accessed internal documents.
Chief executive officer Jim Adler said the break-in may be
related to a recent firestorm of concern over the security of
online voting.
"Within 24 hours we identified who the individual was and where
he lived and turned that info over to the FBI and cybercrime unit
of Secret Service," Adler said. "Over the subsequent two months
we've been collecting evidence, and that is, by and large,
complete."
Because an investigation is under way, Adler declined to name
the individual or comment more specifically on exactly what
documents the hacker may have accessed.
Adler said the break-in did not affect the integrity of
VoteHere's technology.
He said he did not know if the hacker copied the software's
source code but said all of the source code, which had been
patented, had already been released to security researchers for
review.
Linda Rosencrance writes for Computerworld