"The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) uses an electronic voting system which needs three members, each with part of an encrypted key, to access the results. In a statement, the scientific organisation said one of the trustees had lost their key in "an honest but unfortunate human mistake", making it impossible for them to decrypt - and uncover - the final results."
"The Association used an open source electronic voting system called Helios for the process. The browser-based system uses cryptography to encrypt votes, or keep them secret. Three members of the association were chosen as independent trustees to each be given a third of the encrypted material, which when shared together would give the verdict. Whilst two of the trustees uploaded their share of the encrypted material online, a third never did."
"The IACR said in a statement that the lack of results was due to one of the trustees "irretrievably" losing their private key, leaving it "technically impossible" for the firm to know the final verdict. It said it was therefore left with no choice but to cancel the election. The association added it was "deeply sorry" for the mistake, which it took "very seriously"."
The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) canceled its leadership election after a trustee lost the private key required to decrypt the results. The association used the open-source Helios electronic voting system, which requires three independent trustees to each hold a third of the encrypted material so the combined shares reveal the outcome. Two trustees uploaded their shares online but the third failed to upload and irretrievably lost their private key, making it technically impossible to determine the final verdict. Voting had run from 17 October to 16 November for three Director and four Officer positions. The IACR apologized, will rerun the election and add new safeguards.
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