Can Elections Be Hacked?

 Is it ethical for an individual to demonstrate, step by step, on YouTube or at gatherings such as DefCon how to tamper with specific models of voting machines when those models have well established flaws and will be widely used in upcoming elections?

Please review the following sources as you consider your response.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpWPfra0ng

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-election-hacking/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/magazine/the-myth-of-the-hacker-proof-voting-machine.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/22/us-elections-hacking-voting-machines-def-con

https://www.newsweek.com/election-hacking-voting-machines-software-1028948

https://www.axios.com/be-smart-there-is-more-than-one-way-to-hack-an-election-1529424861-1e0c75d9-32b8-4a85-98b3-47d5a853fdeb.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/22/us-elections-hacking-voting-machines-def-con

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/opinion/midterm-elections-hacking.html

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/21/i-just-hacked-a-state-election-17-not-a-good-hacker-219374

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/13/defcon_election_vote_hacking/