Hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into voting system ahead of 2022 vote

Hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into voting system ahead of 2022 vote
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (Eraldo Peres/AP)

A Brazilian hacker has claimed at a congressional hearing that then-president Jair Bolsonaro wanted him to hack into the country’s electronic voting system to expose its alleged weaknesses ahead of the 2022 presidential election.

Walter Delgatti Neto did not provide any evidence for his claim to the parliamentary commission of inquiry.

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