Mojave Research's voting security work for Trump administration halted after finding Dominion vulnerabilities

Published Aug 10, 06:09 PM UTC

Mojave Research, a cybersecurity firm, analyzed Dominion voting systems used in Puerto Rico's 2024 elections for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) under Tulsi Gabbard. The firm found over a dozen high- or critical-severity software vulnerabilities, including reused passwords, disabled firewalls, and poor cryptographic protections, but no evidence that votes were altered or that weaknesses were exploited. The Trump administration initially planned to expand the team from 10 to 60 people and authorized follow-on work ahead of the November midterms. However, the effort was abruptly shut down. Company executives said the resistance came from a White House collective dissatisfied that Mojave had not produced evidence supporting claims of election manipulation. The findings were publicly presented at DEF CON's Voting Village.