In US election hacking, perception may be as good as the real thing

Voting machines set up and ready for use in New Orleans, Louisiana. Perception hacking poses unique challenges because of concerns about vulnerabilities in many parts of the US election infrastructure, including electronic voting machines, databases and transmission systems. — AP

WASHINGTON: Hackers seeking to sow chaos in the Nov 3 election are hard at work – but some experts say they don’t need to be successful to have an impact.

Simply the perception of breaching election systems could have the same effect of undermining confidence in the outcome and opening the door to discrediting the results.