How to Hit Diebold's Achilles Heel

[dave502d]

By now you have probably heard about the Princeton Video that shows yet again how easy it is to compromise the Diebold systems. Here is a picture of our heroes: Dr. Felten and his students, Feldman and Halderman



As you can see, not all patriots are firebrands from central casting. They are normal folks like you and me. And that is important because Diebold is starting to push back... and it is going to take normal folks like you and me to help our heroes keep Diebold's feet to the fire. Let's look at where Diebold is vulnerable and how Diebold is trying to defend itself ...


Diebold is a publicly traded company, trading under the stock symbol DBD. First some facts about the company. The vast majority of the stock is traded in large blocks by institutional investors. It's currently trading around 42 bucks. Yet its book value (what you would get if you sold it off as parts) is only about 16 bucks a share, so the trading value includes future expectations of great earnings. If those expectations are not met, or there is serious reason to question them...for example if there is a hidden liability that may come out down the road... folks are not going to want to be holding the bag when it comes time to pay the piper. You can be sure Diebold is aware of this potentially devastating problem.

http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2006/9/15/11325/4763