Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
The Cybersecurity 202: Coronavirus has upended election security training with just months before November
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / May 8th, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Created Novel Cybersecurity Challenges — But It May Also Give Us a Solution to the Cybersecurity Workforce Problem
Josh Higgins / Internet Security Alliance / May 7th, 2020
Oregon State Police not implementing basic cybersecurity policies, audit finds
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / May 7th, 2020
Zoom acquires Keybase to beef up encryption, ease security questions
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop / May 7th, 2020
University of Wisconsin rushes COVID-19 app to market
Jake Williams / EdScoop / May 6th, 2020
A Department of Defense bulletin on a ‘leaking’ sinkhole has baffled cybersecurity experts
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / May 6th, 2020
Celebrities’ emails stolen in cyber attack on law firm to the stars
Margi Murphy / The Telegraph / May 8th, 2020
Bucks investigating the reported hacking of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s social media accounts
Chuck Schilken / Los Angeles Times / May 7th, 2020
Iranian hackers target U.S. drug company involved in coronavirus treatment: report
Maggie Miller / The Hill / May 8th, 2020
When hacker code collides: A discovered malware sample uses tools from the NSA and a Chinese group
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / May 7th, 2020
Joint Statement on United States – Czech Republic Joint Declaration on 5G Security
U.S Department of State / May 6th, 2020
House lawmakers lead efforts to include IT modernization funds in next stimulus bill
Maggie Miller / The Hill / May 8th, 2020
What coronavirus reveals about securing encryption backdoors
Michael Hayden / The Hill / May 7th, 2020
NHS workers targeted by hostile states in ‘malicious cyber campaigns’
James Cook / The Telegraph / May 5th, 2020
Technology threatens human rights in the coronavirus fight
Wendy H. Wong / The Conversation / May 7th, 2020
Cyber Reskilling Academy Attracts New Federal Security Pros
Gienna Shaw / FedTech / May 5th, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
Exclusive: Iran-Linked Hackers Recently Targeted Coronavirus Drugmaker Gilead-Sources
Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing / Reuters / May 8th, 2020
China’s Military Is Tied to Debilitating New Cyberattack Tool
Ronen Bergman and Steven Lee Myers / The New York Times / May 7th, 2020
European health care giant Fresenius Group grappling with computer virus
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / May 6th, 2020
WeChat users outside China face surveillance while training censorship algorithms
Ronald Deibert / The Washington Post / May 7th, 2020
Foreign intelligence officials say attempted cyberattack on Israeli water utilities linked to Iran
Joby Warrick and Ellen Nakashima / The Washington Post / May 8th, 2020
Virus tracing app raises privacy concerns in India
Sheikh Saaliq / The Associated Press / May 8th, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Americans are fighting coronavirus misinformation on social media
Leticia Bode and Emily Vraga / The Washington Post / May 7th, 2020
U.S. says China, Russia cooperating to spread coronavirus disinformation online
Laura Kelly / The Hill / May 8th, 2020
Health workers warn social media misinformation is threatening lives
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / May 8th, 2020
Facebook and YouTube race to squash viral video full of coronavirus lies
Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times / May 8th, 2020
Who is Judy Mikovits in ‘Plandemic,’ the coronavirus conspiracy video just banned from social media?
Katie Shepherd / The Washington Post / May 8th, 2020
Experts Knew a Pandemic Was Coming. Here’s What They’re Worried About Next.
Garrett M. Graff / Politico / May 7th, 2020
When bad advice goes viral: coronavirus disinformation
The Telegraph / May 8th, 2020
Facebook’s new model for internet governance could transform the tech industry
Mark Stephens / The Telegraph / May 7th, 2020
Facebook removed Russian propaganda network only after accounts got sloppy
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop / May 6th, 2020
Twitter steps up its fight back against 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories
The Telegraph / May 6th, 2020
EU Should Beef Up Fake News Pledge Involving Google, Facebook, Twitter: Study
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters / May 8th, 2020
Online plagues, protein folding and spotting fake news: what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic
Heide Lukosch and Andrew M. Phelps / The Conversation / May 6th, 2020
Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too
Ari Larissa Heinrich / The Conversation / May 6th, 2020
Hackers with Chinese military links behind five-year espionage campaign
Ellie Zolfagharifard / The Telegraph / May 7th, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
What does a local election look like in a global pandemic?
Elizabeth Hosang / Petoskey News / May 6th, 2020
California to Mail All Voters Ballots for November Election
Nick Corasaniti and Jennifer Medina / The New York Times / May 8th, 2020
President Carter calls for U.S. to expand vote-by-mail access
Ernie Suggs / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / May 6th, 2020
Secretary of State releases CT voting plan, including mail-in absentee ballots amid pandemic
Alex Ceneviva and Shaynah Ferreira / WTNH / May 4th, 2020
National Guard has stepped in to help with Kentucky’s primary election, Andy Beshear says
Lucas Aulbach / Louisville Courier Journal / May 6th, 2020
Drive-thru voting and mail-in ballots; Michigan experiences voting during COVID-19 pandemic
WLNS / May 5th
Michigan polls quiet as absentee voting booms to record levels amid coronavirus outbreak
Gus Burns / Mlive / May 5th, 2020
Provisional votes will count only for Ohioans who requested absentee ballot on time
Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch / May 4th, 2020