Shibli Faraz announces Rs 1 million award for hacking EVM

ISLAMABAD, 18 November: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz announced prize money of Rs1 million for anyone who succeeds in hacking the electronic voting machine (EVM).

He announced the prize during private news channel programme. He said that he invited multiple hackers to attempt a data breach in machine but no one remained successful.

“We have announced a prize money on hacking EVM”

“The opposition has even refused to witness the working of the machine.”

He claimed that the machine could not be hacked. Shibli Faraz said that their EVM machine is operated via a battery and could remain operational for 24 hours on it.

“Opposition could have reservations on the EVM”

“We tried to allay those concerns, however, they adopted the tone to oppose anything coming from our side.”

He said that the opposition wanted similar elections in which they rigged the entire process.

He said that “Even our allies had concerns over the EVM but we addressed their concerns.”

The joint session of the Parliament passed important bills including the use of EVMs.

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