In one example, Gorcenski cites how a piece of code could allow one candidate to get their votes double-counted, but only after the machine has recorded 1,000 votes.

Virtually all compilers -- programs that transform human-readable source code into computer-executable machine code -- are vulnerable to an insidious attack in which an adversary can introduce ...

For the ACM to process the ballots and count votes, the ACM source code must first be converted into "machine code." Machine code, also called "executable code" is in a form of instructions that a ...