Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
House panel to hold election-security hearing with Facebook, Google, Twitter
Reuters / June 16, 2020
Tracking the Next Purge
Nick Corasaniti / The New York Times / June 16, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
FBI looking for 6 Nigerian scammers targeting Omaha businesses
6 News / June 16, 2020
Newly unclassified report finds CIA security failures led to massive 2017 breach
Maggie Miller / The Hill / June 16, 2020
CIA’s ‘lax’ security led to massive theft of hacking tools, internal report finds
Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / June 16, 2020
First in MC: Moves afoot on encrypted calls between House, Senate
Tim Starks / POLITICO / June 16, 2020
Cyber Daily: Former eBay employees are charged with ‘cyberstalking campaign’
The Wall Street Journal / June 16, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
Apple faces two EU antitrust probes over apps
Daniel Michaels and Sam Schechner / The Wall Street Journal / June 16, 2020
Chipmaker MaxLinear hit by ‘Maze’ ransomware attack
Reuters / June 16, 2020
Kuwait and Bahrain urged to abandon ‘highly invasive’ coronavirus apps
Umberto Bacchi / Reuters / June 16, 2020
Europe Rolls Out Contact Tracing Apps, With Hope and Trepidation
Jason Horowitz and Adam Satariano / The New York Times / June 16, 2020
Germany appeals to nation to download coronavirus app
Kate Connolly / The Guardian / June 16, 2020
China’s Great Firewall Looms Over Hong Kong As Surveillance Grows
Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg / June 16, 2020
Smart speakers risk creating ‘big-tech monopoly’ in homes
Mark Sweney / The Guardian / June 16, 2020
Universities under pressure to reveal details of Huawei funding
James Cook / The Telegraph / June 16, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
New report points to how Russian misinformation may have adapted since 2016 election
Robert McMillan / The Wall Street Journal / June 16, 2020
Super secretive Russian disinfo operation discovered dating back to 2014
Catalin Cimpanu / Zero Day Net / June 16, 2020
Australia accuses China and Russia of virus disinformation
Rod McGuirk / The Associated Press / June 16, 2020
Pelosi calls on advertisers to pressure social media platforms over misinformation
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / June 16, 2020
Maria Ressa’s conviction, and the Philippines’ dire information climate
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / June 16, 2020
On Social Media, Who’s a Bot?
Siobhan Roberts / The New York Times / June 16, 2020
We Can’t Blame COVID-19 Misinformation on Bots
Kartikay Mehrota / Bloomberg / June 16, 2020
When Your Family Spreads Misinformation
Khushbu Shah / The Atlantic / June 16, 2020
Not just nipples: how Facebook’s AI struggles to detect misinformation
Josh Taylor / The Guardian / June 16, 2020
Lawyer: Egyptian journalist detained on fake news charges
The Associated Press / June 15, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Georgia Set Up a Polling Place in a Nursing Home
Cliff Albright and Natasha Brown / The New York Times / June 16, 2020
Texas Democrats ask Supreme Court to expand mail-in voting access
John Kruzel / The Hill / June 16, 2020
SPLC Announces $30 Million To Help Register Southern Voters of Color
Pam Fessler / Nebraska Net / June 16, 2020
Zuckerberg Hopes Facebook Will Help Register 4 Million Voters
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg / June 16, 2020
Want Better Elections? Choose Better Election Officials
Ellen Kurz / The New York Times / June 16, 2020
Uganda to Hold Elections in Early 2021, Campaign Rallies Banned
George Obulutsa et al. / Reuters / June 16, 2020