Brazilian Hacker Says Bolsonaro Asked Him to Tamper With Voting Machine
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A Brazilian hacker, Walter Delgatti, told a congressional inquiry in Brasilia that former President Jair Bolsonaro asked him to tamper with an electronic voting machine to show Brazil's electoral system was vulnerable to fraud during last year's presidential campaign.
Delgatti told lawmakers he met in August with then-President Bolsonaro, who asked him to discuss the idea with experts at the defense ministry and offered to pardon him if he suffered legal consequences.
"He gave me a blank check to do what I wanted with the voting machines," Delgatti told the inquiry. "The idea was to take a machine ... so I could install my app there and show the population that it is possible to press the button for one vote and end up with another."
Delgatti said his meeting with Bolsonaro was arranged by right-wing lawmaker Carla Zam…
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