Infosec big names rally against US voting app maker's bid to outlaw unsanctioned bug hunting via T&Cs

Infosec big names rally against US voting app maker's bid to outlaw unsanctioned bug hunting via T&Cs

About 70 members of the computer security community on Monday challenged US voting app maker Voatz's effort to dictate the terms under which bug hunters can look for code flaws.


Earlier this month, Massachusetts-based Voatz filed an amicus brief in Van Buren v. United States, a case being heard by the US Supreme Court that will determine the scope of the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a cybersecurity law long criticized for its ambiguity.


The software outfit, stung by a probe in February that found multiple security weaknesses in the app it supplied for West Virginia's 2018 midterm election, asked the supremes to uphold a lower court decision that ..

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