Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity 202: D.C., Georgia reflect divergent Democratic and Republican approaches to mail ballots
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / June 18, 2020
Facebook says it’s promoting accurate info on vote-by-mail
Eric Tucker / The Washington Post / June 18, 2020
U.S. House panel hears from Facebook, Google, Twitter on election security
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / June 18, 2020
Video: Cloudflare sees surge in cyberattack attempts during pandemic
Bloomberg Technology / Bloomberg / June 18, 2020
Tech giants testify on election security
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / June 18, 2020
China says it has no intention of interfering in U.S. elections
Se Young Lee et al. / Reuters / June 18, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Exclusive: Massive spying on users of Google’s Chrome shows new security weakness
Joseph Menn / Reuters / June 17, 2020
Hackers trigger far-reaching disruption by targeting low-profile firm
Jenny Strasburg / The Wall Street Journal / June 18, 2020
Commissioners urge hiring changes to fill government jobs in cyber, AI
James Rundle / The Wall Street Journal / June 18, 2020
IN BRIEF: Michigan man charged with stealing UPMC employees’ data in hack
Sara Merken / Reuters / June 18, 2020
ITI advises on 5G cybersecurity
Tim Starks / POLITICO / June 18, 2020
Are digital giants like Facebook destructive by design?
The New Gatekeepers / Columbia Journalism Review / June 18, 2020
Washington’s rush to smash tech’s liability protection
Scott Rosenberg and Margaret Harding McGill / Axios / June 18, 2020
The defining law of the Internet age
Jacob Gershman / The Wall Street Journal / June 17, 2020
How hackers used malicious chrome extensions in a mass spying campaign
Sean Lyngaas / Cyberscoop / June 18, 2020
Microsoft president won’t commit to moratorium on sale of facial recognition to federal law enforcement
Dave Nyczepir / Fedscoop / June 18, 2020
I know all the cybersecurity rules. Yet I still break them.
Alexandra Samuel / The Wall Street Journal / June 18, 2020
Facebook takes down Trump ads featuring symbol used by Nazis to mark political prisoners
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / June 18, 2020
Domestic abusers use tech that connects as a weapon during coronavirus lockdowns
Alison J. Marganski and Lisa Melander / The Conversation / June 18, 2020
Even our lightbulbs are spying on us now
Joe Queenan / The Wall Street Journal / June 18, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
India tells two state firms not to use China telecoms gear, source says
Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters / June 18, 2020
French revenge porn activists mount ‘virtual raids’
Sophie Davies / Reuters / June 18, 2020
Australia is under cyber-attack from ‘state-based actor’, Scott Morrison says
Daniel Hurst / The Guardian / June 18, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
House Republican accuses Facebook, Twitter, YouTube of not doing enough to combat Chinese propaganda
Maggie Miller / The Hill / June 18, 2020
Americans want some online misinformation removed, but aren’t sure who should do it
Susan Benkelman and Harrison Mantas / Poynter / June 18, 2020
Facebook, Twitter say they haven’t seen foreign governments meddle in Black Lives Matter movement
Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / June 18, 2020
Twitter labels Trump video tweet as manipulated media, continuing its crackdown on misinformation
Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / June 18, 2020
These artists make online disinformation into art. Or is it the other way around?
Kelsey Ables / The Washington Post / June 18, 2020
French court strikes down core of new hate-speech law
Sam Schechner / The Wall Street Journal / June 18, 2020
UK says China and Russia trying to exploit coronavirus crisis
Reuters / June 17, 2020
Kremlin dismisses ‘absurd’ UK accusations Russia is exploiting coronavirus opportunities
Alexander Marrow / Reuters / June 18, 2020
Year of Fear, Chapter 19: How Facebook has undermined communal conversation in McKeesport
Jason Toyger / Columbia Journalism Review / June 18, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
L.A. County primary voting was plagued with technology flaws
Jaclyn Cosgrove et al. / Los Angeles Times / June 17, 2020
Changes to Georgia elections proposed to avoid repeat in November
Mark Niesse and Ben Brasch / The Atlantic Journal-Constitution / June 17, 2020
Delaware backs out of mobile voting weeks before primary
Benjamin Freed / Statescoop / June 18, 2020
Wisconsin panel gives final approval on absentee ballots
Scott Bauer / The Associated Press / June 18, 2020
Florida governor suggests closing schools during election
Bobby Calvan / The Associated Press / June 18, 2020
Long voting lines are latest hurdles for officials prepping for November polls
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / June 18, 2020
Amid accusations of violence, some say National Guard should no longer staff voting stations
The Guardian / June 17, 2020
Progressive group launches $59 million vote-by-mail effort
Julia Manchester / The Hill / June 18, 2020
Serbia’s opposition to boycott vote held during pandemic
Dusan Stojanovic / The Associated Press / June 17, 2020