Criminalinvestigators, under the directionofthe FBI, believe a Microsoftemployeereceivedemailcontaining acommonhackerprogram known as a Trojan horse, which he or she unknowingly launched.
Even more disturbing: By infecting one of the memory cards used to program the machines, a hacker could infect the server used for counting the electronic ballots.
As Douglas Rushkoff writes in his brilliant manifesto, Program or Be Programmed, the hacker ethos that led to all of this digital technology is no longer present for most users.