An Indian hacker has been released following an order from a magistrate. The man in question, Hari Prasad, had been jailed seven days ago after proving how easy it was to rig an election that made use of electronic voting machines.
The magistrate said that Hari had made a strong statement and served his country well through his actions. The man had demonstrated flaws in electronic voting machines to academics and had been highlighting problems rather than exploiting them. However, police said that he hadn’t been arrested for his demonstration, but for where he had acquired the machine from in the first place.