[nknighthb]

There is only one correct response: "We thank the researchers who pointed out our mistakes, and apologize to all voters for our failure to adequately secure a vital system.".

The only correct response now, on the other hand, is the immediate firing of this "CIO", who clearly does not have the mentality necessary to be a CIO or a public servant.

[sthreet]

They should also thank the researchers for not making 66,000 votes count towards something ridiculous, because unless I thought they would freak out about my way of proving a point, I would probably have did that when I told them how to secure their thing.

[jpatokal]

Then again, thanks to the wonders of the group voting ticket, the bar for getting a clearly ridiculous result is pretty high:

"In the New South Wales Legislative Council election of 1999, the Outdoor Recreation Party's Malcolm Jones was elected with a primary vote of 0.19%, or 0.042 of a quota."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_voting_ticket