German election chief urges action to ensure vote software can't be hackedBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany s election chief has urged state officials to address vulnerabilities in vote collation software, just weeks before a Sept. 24 election that officials fear could be subject to foreign interference. Germans will vote on paper at polling stations or by mail in advance and the ballots will be counted and entered into a computer system, but two news reports published on Thursday cited concerns about the software, particularly the lack of an authentication step when results are transmitted. Die Zeit said Martin Tschirsich, a 29-year-old computer expert, had been able to find passwords on the internet to gain access to the maintenance program for the  PC-Wahl  (PC-Election) software, which would allow it to be manipulated.  The election is not secure. It can be hacked,  he told the weekly newspaper. Similar concerns were raised by another IT expert in the online version of Der Spiegel magazine. The reports come after repeated warnings from government officials that Russia could try to interfere in the election. French and U.S. intelligence officials say Moscow sought to influence recent votes there.  Russia denies the accusations. Responding to the media reports, Federal Election Director Dieter Sarreither said he was familiar with the problems identified and had asked state officials and the software company, vote-iT, to take steps to shore up security. vote-iT had no immediate comment. The measures Sarreither demanded include the mandatory installation of software patches and the development of new steps aimed at ensuring the authenticity of the election results sent digitally, perhaps through telephone calls. That would ensure that any errors in data transmission are recognized and corrected before preliminary election results are released, Sarreither said, adding that actual results could not be manipulated as they were based on paper ballots. The security of the data was more important than the speed with which results were released, his office said. Germany s federal cyber protection agency, BSI, said it had worked closely with election officials and the software manufacturer to improve the security of election results.  In the future, only information technology based on BSI-certified software should be used for election processes,  BSI chief Arne Schoenbohm said. worldnews
german election chief urges action ensure vote software ca hackedberlin reuters germany election chief urged state officials address vulnerabilities vote collection software weeks election officials fear could subject foreign interference germany vote paper polling stations mail advance ballots counted entered computer system two news reports published thursday cited concerns software particularly lack authentication step results transmitted die zeit said martin tschirsich computer expert able find passwords internet gain access maintenance program software would allow manipulated the election secure it hacked told weekly newspaper similar concerns raised another it expert online version der spiegel magazine the reports come repeated warnings government officials russia could try interfere election french intelligence officials say moscow sought influence recent votes russia denies accusations responding media reports federal election director deter sarreither said familiar problems identified asked state officials software company take steps shore security immediate comment the measures sarreither demanded include mandatory installation software patches development new steps aimed ensuring authenticity election results sent digitally perhaps telephone calls that would ensure errors data transmission recognized corrected preliminary election results released sarreither said adding actual results could manipulated based paper ballots the security data important speed results released office said germany federal cyber protection agency si said worked closely election officials software manufacturer improve security election results in future information technology based software used election processes si chief are schoenbohm said worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: German election chief urges action to ensure vote software can't be hackedBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany s election chief has urged state officials to address vulnerabilities in vote collation software, just weeks before a Sept. 24 election that officials fear could be subject to foreign interference. Germans will vote on paper at polling stations or by mail in advance and the ballots will be counted and entered into a computer system, but two news reports published on Thursday cited concerns about the software, particularly the lack of an authentication step when results are transmitted. Die Zeit said Martin Tschirsich, a 29-year-old computer expert, had been able to find passwords on the internet to gain access to the maintenance program for the  PC-Wahl  (PC-Election) software, which would allow it to be manipulated.  The election is not secure. It can be hacked,  he told the weekly newspaper. Similar concerns were raised by another IT expert in the online version of Der Spiegel magazine. The reports come after repeated warnings from government officials that Russia could try to interfere in the election. French and U.S. intelligence officials say Moscow sought to influence recent votes there.  Russia denies the accusations. Responding to the media reports, Federal Election Director Dieter Sarreither said he was familiar with the problems identified and had asked state officials and the software company, vote-iT, to take steps to shore up security. vote-iT had no immediate comment. The measures Sarreither demanded include the mandatory installation of software patches and the development of new steps aimed at ensuring the authenticity of the election results sent digitally, perhaps through telephone calls. That would ensure that any errors in data transmission are recognized and corrected before preliminary election results are released, Sarreither said, adding that actual results could not be manipulated as they were based on paper ballots. The security of the data was more important than the speed with which results were released, his office said. Germany s federal cyber protection agency, BSI, said it had worked closely with election officials and the software manufacturer to improve the security of election results.  In the future, only information technology based on BSI-certified software should be used for election processes,  BSI chief Arne Schoenbohm said. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: german election chief urges action ensure vote software ca hackedberlin reuters germany election chief urged state officials address vulnerabilities vote collection software weeks election officials fear could subject foreign interference germany vote paper polling stations mail advance ballots counted entered computer system two news reports published thursday cited concerns software particularly lack authentication step results transmitted die zeit said martin tschirsich computer expert able find passwords internet gain access maintenance program software would allow manipulated the election secure it hacked told weekly newspaper similar concerns raised another it expert online version der spiegel magazine the reports come repeated warnings government officials russia could try interfere election french intelligence officials say moscow sought influence recent votes russia denies accusations responding media reports federal election director deter sarreither said familiar problems identified asked state officials software company take steps shore security immediate comment the measures sarreither demanded include mandatory installation software patches development new steps aimed ensuring authenticity election results sent digitally perhaps telephone calls that would ensure errors data transmission recognized corrected preliminary election results released sarreither said adding actual results could manipulated based paper ballots the security data important speed results released office said germany federal cyber protection agency si said worked closely election officials software manufacturer improve security election results in future information technology based software used election processes si chief are schoenbohm said worldnews