Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity / Technology
ND.GOV data for sale on the dark web; state cyber experts address new trends
Renee Cooper / KX Net / June 4, 2020
Senate Intelligence Committee wants DNI to investigate commercial spyware threats
Shannon Vavra / Cyberscoop / June 11, 2020
Alabama city to pay $300,000 ransom in computer system hack
AP News Staff/ The Associated Press / June 11, 2020
Cyberextortion Threat Evolves
Lindsay McKenzie / Inside Higher Ed / June 11, 2020
Morning Cybersecurity: Tech high on a national cyber director
Tim Starks / Politico / June 11, 2020
The Cybersecurity 202: Two new developments challenge Justice Department arguments on encryption
Joseph Marks and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / June 11, 2020
Authorities investigating disruptions of police radios, networks during protests: report
Zack Budryk / The Hill / June 11, 2020
Hack-for-hire group targeted climate activists behind #ExxonKnew campaign
Emily Holden / The Guardian / June 11, 2020
Pandemic could worsen 2020 census IT, cybersecurity challenges
Dave Nyczepir / Fedscoop / June 11, 2020
FBI warns hackers are targeting mobile banking apps
Maggie Miller / The Hill / June 10, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
Gamaredon, a hacking group with a fixation on Ukraine, deploys new email compromise tools
Sean Lyngaas / Cyberscoop / June 11, 2020
China’s trillion-dollar campaign fuels a tech race with the U.S.
Liza Lin / The Wall Street Journal / June 11, 2020
Zoom caught in China censorship crossfire as meetings foiled
Zen Soo / The Associated Press / June 11, 2020
The NHS Test and Trace system, explained
Lizzie Roberts and Laura Donnelly / The Telegraph / June 11, 2020
Germany seeks EU sanctions for 2015 cyberattack on its parliament
Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / June 11, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Twitter discloses propaganda campaigns tied to Russia, China
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / June 11, 2020
Twitter removes almost 25,000 accounts it says are linked to China’s Communist Party
Ellen Nakashima et al. / The Washington Post / June 11, 2020
Twitter aims to limit people sharing articles they have not read
Alex Hern / The Guardian / June 11, 2020
EU calls out Chinese state media for distorting official’s remarks in meeting with foreign minister Wang Yi
Stuart Lau / South China Morning Post / June 11, 2020
Facebook says no proof of malicious acts by fake accounts in Philippines
Neil Jerome Morales / Reuters / June 11, 2020
China and the U.S. about to enter an ‘information winter’
David Wertime / Politico / June 11, 2020
Four experts investigate how the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory began
Wasim Ahmed et al. / The Conversation / June 11, 2020
Curbing conspiracy theories and building labs: the young leaders tackling COVID-19 across the globe
Harriet Barber / The Telegraph / June 11, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Beyond Georgia: A Warning for November as States Scramble to Extend Vote-by-Mail
Nick Corasaniti and Michael Wines / The New York Times / June 10, 2020
‘It’s broken’: fears grow about patchwork US election system
Steve Peoples and Christina Cassidy / The Associated Press / June 12, 2020
US voter registration plummets during coronavirus pandemic, challenging both parties
Joey Garrison / USA Today / June 11, 2020
North Carolina to expand absentee voting access in 2020 elections
Julia Harte / Reuters / June 11, 2020
Big turnout, but long lines at Nevada polls draw complaints
Michelle L. Price and Scott Sonnier / Lancaster Online / June 10, 2020
Citing virus, some Russian election officials shun vote to extend Putin rule
Maria Vasilyeva / Reuters / June 11, 2020