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Tampering

Tampering: An intentional but unauthorized act resulting in the modification of a system, components of systems, its intended behavior, or data.

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An intentional but unauthorized act resulting in the modification of a system, components of systems, its intended behavior, or data.

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Definition 2

An intentional event resulting in modification of a system, its intended behavior, or data. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Source: The Cyber GlossaryType: external
Definition 3

“Any person wilfully tampering or attempting to tamper with, disarrange, deface, or impair in any manner whatsoever, or destroy any voting machine while the same is in use at any election, or who, after the machine is locked in order to preserve the registration or record of any election made by the same, tampers or atte mpts to tamper with any voting machine” is guilty of election fraud. Hawaii Rev. Stat. §19-3(9). “Every person who, directly or indirectly, personally or through another, wilfully designs, alters, accesses, or programs any electronic voting system to cause the system to inaccurate ly record, tally, or report votes cast on the electronic voting system” is guilty of election fraud. Hawaii Rev. Stat. §19-3(9).

Source: Electronic Voting GlossaryType: external

Sources

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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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The Cyber Glossary
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Electronic Voting Glossary
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