Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity / Technology
Senators move to boost state and local cybersecurity as part of annual defense bill
Maggie Miller / The Hill / June 29, 2020
Click2Gov breaches in eight cities attributed to Magecart hackers
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / June 29, 2020
Marine corps create first “network battalion” for cyberdefense and modernization
Jackson Barnett / Fedscoop / June 29, 2020
Ransomware: Attacks that start with phishing emails are suddenly back in fashion again
Danny Palmer / ZDNet / June 29, 2020
Solarium-related amendments on deck in NDAA debate
Tim Starks / POLITICO / June 29, 2020
Pulling back the curtain on Ligado
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / June 29, 2020
4 ways that the entertainment industry is harnessing AI for growth
Analytics Insight / June 29, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Indian government bans 59 Chinese-owned apps, including TikTok
Marissa Fernandez / Axios / June 29, 2020
Cyber security experts say they are being prevented from stopping computer fraud because criminals have to let them access machines
Charles Hymas / The Telegraph / June 29, 2020
EU privacy regulators found to lack staff, funds to enforce GDPR
Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / June 29, 2020
European transit authorities deploying AI to prevent coronavirus infections
Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / June 29, 2020
Australia to invest more in cyber security, hire specialists
Renju Jose and Cynthia Osterman / Reuters / June 29, 2020
Scott Morrison targets cybercrime with $748m in new initiatives and expanded security workforce
Katharine Murphy and Daniel Hurst / The Guardian / June 29, 2020
China accuses Australia of mass espionage, peddling rumours and stoking confrontation
Elias Visontay / The Guardian / June 29, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Survey finds confusion among public about pandemic
David Bauder / The Associated Press / June 29, 2020
Senate Democrats push feds to stand up disinformation “response center” ordered in NDAA
Sean Lyngaas / Cyberscoop / June 29, 2020
Google removes misleading ads in voting-related searches
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / June 29, 2020
Facebook announces election changes, hate speech fight as advertisers pull out
Asha Barbaschow / ZDNet / June 29, 2020
Can I trust this map? 4 questions to ask when you see a map of the coronavirus pandemic
Amy Griffin / The Conversation / June 28, 2020
No more going viral: why not apply social distancing to social media?
Leo Mirani / The Guardian / June 29, 2020
How hate speech campaigners found Facebook’s weak spot
Alex Hern / The Guardian / June 29, 2020
Fact check: Debunked ‘nooses’ quote attributed to Hillary Clinton resurfaces
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / June 29, 2020
Social media platforms face a reckoning over hate speech
Barbara Ortutay / The Associated Press / June 29, 2020
Reddit updates hate speech policy, bans subreddits including The_Donald
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / June 29, 2020
Twitch temporarily suspends Trump account over ‘hateful conduct’
Justine Wise / The Hill / June 29, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Jacksonville, Fla., new GOP convention site, makes mask-wearing mandatory
The Associated Press / Los Angeles Times / June 29, 2020
Texans Begin Voting Monday in Runoff Elections. Officials Are Doing What They Can to Make It Safe.
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune / June 29, 2020
Kentucky’s Clean Primary Election Provides Possible Model for November
Martin Levine / Nonprofit Quarterly / June 29, 2020
Voting during a pandemic doesn’t have to be a disaster. Look at Kentucky.
Editorial Board / The Washington Post / June 24, 2020
No presidential winner on election night? Mail-in ballots could put outcome in doubt for weeks
Joey Garrison / USA Today / June 28, 2020
Why it takes so long to count mail-in ballots
David Z. Morris / Fortune / June 27, 2020
Voter Registrations Are Way, Way Down During The Pandemic
Kaleigh Rogers and Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight / June 26, 2020
Drive-up US citizenship eases backlog, but new threat looms
Ben Fox and Mike Householder / The Associated Press / June 29, 2020
Voting bill on the move; 35 COVID-19-related deaths reported
Steve LeBlanc and Mark Pratt / The Associated Press / June 29, 2020