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# VentureBeat: How ethical hackers are trying to protect the 2020 U.S. elections
- URL: https://cje.io/2020/10/23/venturebeat/
- Published: 2020-10-23T10:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-08T00:14:04.000Z
- Description: “All software is vulnerable,” Bugcrowd CTO Casey Ellis said. “It just depends on how long you’re taking to look to find those vulnerabilities. Humans write code, and humans make mistakes.”
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Policy, Learn

[How ethical hackers are trying to protect the 2020 U.S. electionsEthical hackers are searching for vulnerabilities in U.S. election systems amid political and legal efforts to block their work.![](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/img/favicon.ico)VentureBeatChris O’Brien![](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_3932-e1603446977482.jpg?w=1200&strip=all)](https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/23/how-ethical-hackers-protect-2020-u-s-elections/?ref=cje.io)