The Election Commission of India throw open challenge to hack EVM’s

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday threw an “open challenge” to people to hack its electronic voting machines (EVMs).

This comes after Opposition parties urged it to revert to the paper ballot system, raising doubts over infallibility of the machines.

“From first week of May, experts, scientists, technocrats can come for a week or 10 days and try to hack the machines,” an official source said, adding that the challenge would have various levels.

The Commission had announced a similar challenge in 2009 and it claimed no one could hack its EVMs.

Courtesy: PTI