S3E4 – Hacking Elections with BiaSciLab
In this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak with BiaSciLab, a teenage white hat hacker who has been working in the elections cybersecurity space since she was 11 years old. They discuss the role of DEF CON’s Voting Village and ethical hackers in testing and identifying cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the American election system.
To learn more about DEF CON’s Voting Village, visit their YouTube page – here.
High Turnout, Wide Margins Credits:
Managing Editor: Rebecca Smith
Managing Producer: Aaron Hay
Transcription of the episode is as follows:
BiaSciLab: DEF CON was like screaming out to the public like, “Hey, our system is not secure, our system is not secure,” and no one really paid attention until it became a bigger deal and more people knew about it, and then all these election officials and things are like, “This is not realistic” [or] whatever because they’re kind of turning a blind eye, and the system has never truly been secure and never can be 100% secure. But I mean – we can try.
[High Turnout Wide Margins Introduction]
Eric Fey: Hey, it’s another exciting episode of High Turnout Wide Margins I’m Eric Fey, Director of Elections in St. Louis County, along with my co-host –
Brianna Lennon: Brianna Lennon, County Clerk in Boone County, Missouri.
Eric Fey: And today we’re speaking with –
BiaSciLab: Hello, everybody. My name is Bianca, but you can call me by my hacker name, BiaSciLab. Bia Science Lab – that’s what it stands for. I’ve worked in the hackerspace, cybersecurity field for a while now. Since I was like 11ish, I would say. I’ve spoken internationally on all sorts of topics when it comes to cybersecurity. I also run a nonprofit called Girls who Hack where I teach girls the skills of hacking so that they can change the future. I provide online and in-person classes – all things intro level cybersecurity.
Brianna Lennon: Today, we’re going to be talking about DEF CON, which is a hacking event that’s held in Las Vegas every year, and for the last five, ten years they have done a big focus on elections cybersecurity and created a Voting Village, and Bia Sci Lab, which we’re talking to…
