A young hacker says he managed to expose a serious security flaw on the Florida voting website, allowing potential election hacking to occur during the Presidential race. David Levin, a political consultant and computer security expert, was charged by the state on three felony charges of unauthorized access to computer systems, which could see him serve a potential 15-year prison sentence. Levin insists the hacking of the online election system was designed to help the government to improve its security. Charlotteobserver.com reports: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Levin illegally gained internal access to websites of the state Division of Elections and the Lee County elections office, which together hold data on more than 12 million Florida voters. FDLE said that after Levin gained access to the Lee County site in December, he used the login credentials of Supervisor of Elections Sharon Harrington to access the state elections website. “He took user names and passwords from the Lee County website and gained further access to areas that were password-protected,” FDLE Special Agent Larry Long told the Herald/Times on Wednesday. “The state statute is pretty clear. You need to have authorization before you can do that.” Levin, who runs two consulting [...]