Voting in Germany is done with pen and paper, and the results are counted by hand and then organised by computer. The hackers said while final results could not be changed, a false early result could easily be sent out, prompting chaos and confusion. The company that runs the software, vote iT, said it was working to fix the problems. Tschirsich said he had gone to the media with his findings after being spurned by both vote iT and the electoral offices. Security analysts have long warned that certain German authorities have taken a naive approach to election security, with officials often saying that a hand-counted result could not be manipulated.

Source: The Guardian September 08, 2017 12:38 UTC