11-Year-Old Boy Hacks Government Website, Changes Election Results

An 11-year-old boy, Emmett Brewster managed to hack into a replica of Florida’s election results website in 10 minutes, change names and tallies.

Brewster was the fastest of 35 children, ages six to 17, who all hacked into copies of the pseudo-election website of six swing states during the three-day DEFCON security convention.

According to DEFCON, the event was meant to test the strength of U.S. election infrastructure and details of the vulnerabilities would be passed onto the states.

The National Association of Secretaries of State, charged for tallying votes welcomed DEFCON’s innovation and stated that the true methods utilized by states would have further protections.

“It will be extraordinarily tough to copy those methods since many states make the most of the distinctive networks and custom-built databases with new and up to date safety protocols,” the association stated.

The hacking demonstration came as concerns swirl about election system vulnerabilities before mid-term state and federal elections.

The young participants changed party names, candidate names and added as many as 12billion votes to candidates.

Candidate names were changed to ‘Bob Da Builder’ and ‘Richard Nixon’s head’,”

The convention’s “Voting Village” also aimed to expose security issues in other systems such as digital poll books and memory-card readers.

Hazard Speaks On Becoming Chelsea’s New Captain

Chelsea forward, Eden Hazard has hinted that he may be about taking over the captain’s armband at the club.

The 27-year-old Belgian forward is set to stay on at Stamford Bridge for the 2018/19 campaign following Maurizio Sarri’s arrival after being heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid.

Recent reports have suggested that new manager, Maurizio Sarri could hand Hazard the captain armband in an attempt to keep the Belgian at the club.

England defender, Gary Cahill was appointed skipper last season but a lack of playing time under Antonio Conte saw Cesar Azpilicueta being often handed the responsibility.

Azpilicueta once again led the team in their 3-0 victory over Huddersfield at the weekend, with Hazard making a 14-minute cameo appearance in the second half at the John Smith’s Stadium.

However, Hazard dropped a hint on Twitter that he could be named captain for the remainder of the season after Chelsea’s win.

Hazard changed his cover picture to a photograph of himself wearing the captain’s armband of Chelsea which was taken during the side’s pre-season clash with Lyon.

The Belgium international almost immediately changed the photo but not before eagle-eyed Chelsea fans succeeded in sharing it across social media.

14-year-old Boy Running For Governor In United States

Most 14-year-old American schoolboys might be fixated on baseball, chasing girls and dodging their homework. Not Ethan Sonneborn. He’s running for governor in Vermont.

The teenager is taking advantage of a quirk in the constitution of the bucolic northeastern state that imposes no age limit on running for governor. Candidates only have to have lived in Vermont for at least four years.

Ethan, happily for his campaign, has lived in the state for 14. He faces a crowded field of adult rivals in Tuesday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.

His website proclaims him a champion for middle- and working-class families, with “the right ideas” on healthcare reform, economic development and education never mind that he’s still years from graduating high school.

He identifies with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, which has been increasingly in the ascendant in the United States since the ultimately thwarted run for president by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in 2016.

“I think I’m the candidate who best represents the change we need,” he told a televised town hall event earlier this month.

His rivals include Christine Hallquist, running to become America’s first transgender governor, James Ehlers, a Navy veteran and environmentalist, and Brenda Siegel, the executive director of a dance festival.

But despite praise for Sonneborn’s “maturity” and political awareness, his campaign has attracted calls for Vermont lawmakers to close the loophole.

“I think we should probably take a look at that to be perfectly honest,” Republican Governor Phil Scott told reporters when asked if he thought 14-year-olds should be eligible to run.

“I think you should at least be able to get your driver’s license at the time that you become governor.”

Scott, 60, has been at the helm of Vermont since 2016 and is running for re-election, facing Keith Stern, who runs a fruits and vegetable business, in the state’s gubernatorial Republican primary, also on Tuesday.

Acting President Osinbajo Orders Immediate Overhaul Of SARS

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has directed the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately overhaul the management and activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

The order follows persistent complaints and reports on the activities SARS that border on allegations of human rights violations.

In a statement signed on Tuesday by his (Osinbajo) media aide, Laolu Akande, instructed the IGP to ensure that any Unit that will emerge from the process, will be intelligence-driven, restricted to the prevention and detection of armed robbery, kidnapping, apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and nothing more.