Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Feds, states unveil pilot program meant to secure voter databases and other election systems
Sean Lyngaas / Cyberscoop / June 17, 2020
The Cybersecurity 202: How secure are electronic pollbooks and vote reporting tools? This new program aims to find out
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / June 17, 2020
EAC to evaluate testing and certification of non-voting equipment
Tim Starks / POLITICO / June 17, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Nebraska State Patrol sees uptick in certain cyber crimes during COVID-19 pandemic
Kelsey Dickerson / KSNB Local 4 / June 17, 2020
Facebook will allow users to block political ads
Justin Wise / The Hill / June, 17, 2020
Security failures led to biggest information breach in CIA history in 2016
Zach Dorfman / Axios / June 17, 2020
The pandemic has unleashed a cyber crime wave
Zach Dorfman / Axios / June 17, 2020
Cyberattacks on health-care industry on the rise, official says
Dylan Tokar / The Wall Street Journal / June 17, 2020
Justice Department proposes limiting internet companies’ protections
Brent Kendall and John D. McKinnon / The Wall Street Journal / June 17, 2020
Cyber Daily: CIA’s ‘lax’ security; ransomware at Australian beer maker; airport dangles top dollar for security chief
The Wall Street Journal / June 17, 2020
New U.S. pandemic watchdog says data, tech issues challenge oversight work
Chris Prentice and Koh Gui Quing / Reuters / June 17, 2020
Justice Department opposes Google, Facebook cable link to Hong Kong
John Hendel and Betsy Woodruff Swan / POLITICO / June 17, 2020
Taking a people-centric approach to federal cybersecurity
Fedscoop Staff / Fedscoop / June 17, 2020
Treasury department sanctions six Nigerians after email scam nabs millions of dollars
Jeff Stone/ Cyberscoop / June 17, 2020
State revenue departments need to ensure tax data
Phil Goldstein / StateTech Magazine / June 17, 2020
Why data privacy is important and how to comply with regulations
Analytics Insight / June 17, 2020
Pokémon Go wants to make 3D scans of the whole world for ‘planet-scale augmented reality experiences’. Is that good?
Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston / The Conversation / June 17, 2020
Twitter tests new voice tweeting feature
Ayanti Bera et al. / Reuters / June 17, 2020
‘Agile’ is not quite agile for DOD, and other familiar acquisition problems persist, watchdog finds
Jackson Barnett / Fedscoop / June 16, 2020
Pentagon wants to give contractors an extra year to remove Chinese tech
Jackson Barnett / Fedscoop / June 15, 2020
Psychology is inevitable in artificial intelligence
Priya Dialani / Analytics Insight / June 17, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
How spies used LinkedIn to hack European defense companies
Sean Lyngaas / Cyberscoop / June 17, 2020
Nomura and partners launch digital asset custodian Komainu
Anna Irrera / Reuters / June 17, 2020
Amazon launches Saudi Arabia shopping site despite CEO’s dispute with kingdom
Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters / June 17, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Sweeping Russian disinformation effort relied on blog posts, social media to target Kremlin rivals
Jeff Stone / Bloomberg / June 17, 2020
Facebook closes political ads loophole ahead of U.S. presidential election
Katie Paul / Reuters / June 16, 2020
Civil rights groups push for Facebook ad boycott
Deepa Seetharaman / The Wall Street Journal / June 17, 2020
Aspirin in honey: dubious COVID-19 ‘cures’ spread in Brazil
Gram Slattery / Reuters / June 17, 2020
Opinion: FCC shouldn’t let T-Mobile outage be mistaken for cyberattack
Tara Lachapelle / Bloomberg/ June 17, 2020
You’re living in the golden age of conspiracy theories
Zack Stanton / POLITICO / June 17, 2020
The journalism crisis is gaining momentum.
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review / June 17, 2020
This is How Democracy Dies
Sheila Coronel / The Atlantic / June 16, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
“We’re Not Going to Know Who the President Is Until Well Into November.” These are the Scenarios Worrying Election Officials
Lisandra Villa / TIME / June 17, 2020
Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College
Morgan Marietta / The Conversation / June 17, 2020
Maine clerks, MMA to team up to recruit election workers
The Piscataquis Observer / June 17, 2020
L.A. County has found the cause of its hourslong poll lines. It wasn’t the new voting machines.
Kim Zetter / POLITICO / June 16, 2020
Minnesota waives absentee ballot witness signature mandate
Steve Karnowski / The Associated Press / June 17, 2020
Iowa governor pledges to restore voting rights to some felons
Simon Lewis / Reuters / June 17, 2020
Wisconsin panel gives final approval on absentee ballot
Scott Bauer / The Associated Press News / June 17, 2020
Older poll workers and COVID-19 present another 2020 election challenge
USA Today / June 17, 2020
UN holds elections with COVID-19 social distancing
Edith M. Lederer / The Associated Press / June 17, 2020