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Thanks. You have helped me so much through all of this. Frankly, I know more about computer systems than I ever really wanted to know but when I was confused, you explained it in a way I could understand. (Well, mostly that is. LOL)
Happy to add to the discussion.
With regards to this specific story, it is interesting (1) that the machines could be accessed/hacked and (2) login credentials stolen after an update. This will be dismissed and any link to the 2020 election will be obfuscated since it happened after a software update in May of 2021. To do so, is hyper-partisan and a mistake. Unless an investigation uncovers this was done by someone with direct, in-person access to the equipment, then it is further proof these machines are/were connected to externally attached networks. Something we have been told wasn't possible by some and was prohibited by design from others.
We will also find out, at the completion of this investigation, there were failures in procedures and controls. While exactly what those are is unknown and would be speculation at this point, but as mentioned, it wouldn't surprise me if a software update reverted some settings on the devices which were not, in turn, disabled.
At a minimum, you have confirmation the Dominion devices are networked, can be compromised, and were it not published on a blog, election IT officials might have never known. Insanity.