Police Arrest Computer Scientist for Pointing to Security Holes

Police in India have arrested a computer scientist after he refused to provide details regarding where he acquired an electronic voting machine a group of researchers used to find holes in the country’s electronic voting system.

Hari Prasad, managing director of Netindia LTD, was raided by police over the weekend. The arrests come after the publication of research in April regarding the vulnerability of the electronic voting machines…