As of yet they do not understand why the problem happened. The software was web based and therefore was supposed to work with all systems. While I feel pretty comfortable with using the Internet for my banking, online shopping and email, there should be a heck of a lot more caution taken when dealing with something as important as an election. Authorities contend that these attacks are the works of pranksters. The next thing you know Daffy Duck would be sitting in the White House.
Internet voting is a pretty big can of worms to open.
I don't care what Microsoft, Sun or even Apple says, servers crash and usually at the most inopportune time. Quite to the contrary I think online voting could be the best thing that could ever happen to our political system. Over 30,000 Arizonians voted online while four years ago only 12,800 voted during the Democratic primary. That means there could be drastic changes in our political system in the future. Right now the percentage of Americans that vote is dismal.