Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro sought to hack into voter machines, hacker testifies

[Judi Lynn]

Julia Vargas Jones

By Sofia Cox, Alessandra Castelli, Michael Rios and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN
Published 6:26 PM EDT, Thu August 17, 2023

CNN
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A Brazilian hacker said Thursday that former President Jair Bolsonaro asked him if he could hack into voting machines, according to his testimony to a congressional inquiry set up to investigate Brazil’s election results and the storming of governmental buildings on January 8, 2023.

Walter Delgatti Neto’s told the Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) that during an August 2022 meeting with Bolsonaro, the former president offered to pardon the hacker if he suffered any legal consequences.

Delgatti said Bolsonaro told him to “rest assured that if by chance someone arrests you, I will have the judge arrested,” and that the hacker would “receive a pardon if the arrest was for actions related to the electronic voting machine.”

In the hearing, Delgatti explained to committee members that the idea was for him to build a fake code for voting machines that would allow for a vote intended for one candidate to go to another candidate, as a way to “expose the fragility” of the voting machines.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into voting system ahead of 2022 vote

THU, 17 AUG, 2023 - 22:54
DIANE JEANTET, ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Brazilian hacker has claimed at a congressional hearing that then-president Jair Bolsonaro wanted him to hack into the country’s electronic voting system to expose its alleged weaknesses ahead of the 2022 presidential election.

Walter Delgatti Neto did not provide any evidence for his claim to the parliamentary commission of inquiry.

But his detailed evidence raises new allegations against the former far-right leader, who is being investigated for his role in the January 8 riots in the capital city Brasilia.

Delgatti told legislators he met in person with Mr Bolsonaro on August 10 2022 for between 90 minutes and two hours at the presidential residence.

He said he told the leader he could not hack into the electronic voting system because it was not connected to the internet.

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https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41207464.html