[dradtke]

True, software works just dandy these days if you remove the "attack" factor, but software isn't deployed into an attack-free space the same way a plane flies through safe air.

As anyone who has ever logged into a Linux server to be greeted with the number of failed logins since the last successful one knows, _everything_ is under constant attack when it comes to digital technology. That's a large part of the problem, but the other part is that most people don't take security seriously enough. I would be more likely to trust a voting machine that isn't networked at all, with votes periodically extracted manually onto an encrypted USB drive or something, but good luck getting these manufacturers to not put wi-fi and bluetooth in everything.

I'll just end on this note: https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/10/defcon-event-reveals-eas...

[dredmorbius]

Military aircraft frequently operate in a non-attack-free environment.

Attacks are not entirely stochastic.

Oddly, this has been known in military circles for several years. Check with Sun Tzu.