“My thought was they could keep it in their back pocket to invalidate any [election] results they don’t like,” one of the former officials told ProPublica. “This goes against everything CISA represents.”
That’s a much more findable paper trail than “holy shit we just found a vulnerability we didn’t know about, that means someone might have cheated so we have to invalidate the results”
Instead of “whoopsie this thing says I won even though everyone you talk to says they voted against me”
The likely motive:
Well, this and to exploit them. Like:
Step 1: exploit vulnerabilities.
Step 2: accuse opponent of exploiting them, lock them up.
Step 3: profit
Well that was…unexpected. Surely the more likely scenario is that they exploit the hack to change the results?
That’s a much more findable paper trail than “holy shit we just found a vulnerability we didn’t know about, that means someone might have cheated so we have to invalidate the results”
Instead of “whoopsie this thing says I won even though everyone you talk to says they voted against me”
His only real move in elections is to scream cheating. This is exactly what he wants to just declare the elections fake.