Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Trump outpaces Biden in zeroing in on voters with Facebook tools
Bill Allison and Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg / July 13, 2020
The cyberthreat to U.S. courts
Tim Starks / POLITICO / July 13, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
This botnet has surged back into action spreading a new ransomware campaign via phishing emails
Danny Palmer / ZDNet / July 13, 2020
FBI sees spike in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims filed using stolen identities
Rich Kolko / WINK News / July 13, 2020
House Republican introduces legislation to strengthen federal cybersecurity
Maggie Miller / The Hill / July 13, 2020
U.S. Secret Service merges electronic and financial crimes task forces
Brett Wolf / Reuters / July 13, 2020
Cyber Daily: Online security a key piece of Chicago tech project, Amazon’s TikTok saga
The Wall Street Journal / July 13, 2020
Is it time to delete TikTok? A guide to the rumors and the real privacy risks.
Geoffrey A. Fowler / The Washington Post / July 13, 2020
User privacy, data management key concerns as Houston pursues vehicle electrification
Ryan Johnston / StateScoop / July 13, 2020
Blueprint for effective data-driven governance targets governors
Colin Wood / StateScoop / July 13, 2020
White House names U.S. CTO Kratsios Pentagon’s acting tech chief
Jared Council / The Wall Street Journal / July 13, 2020
Can technologists help end mass incarceration?
Greg Nichols / ZDNet / July 13, 2020
What is ransomware? Everything you need to know about one of the biggest menaces on the web
Danny Palmer / ZDNet / July 13, 2020
Tools that improve telework also strengthen daily office routines
Ryan Petersen / StateTech Magazine / July 13, 2020
Quibi wins round in mobile technology fight with rival
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times / July 13, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Google detecting 18m malware and phishing messages per day related to Covid-19
Katharine Murphy / The Guardian / July 13, 2020
Our cybersecurity isn’t just under attack from foreign states. There are holes in the government’s approach
Damien Manuel / The Conversation / July 13, 2020
Britain to bar Huawei from its 5G wireless networks, part of a growing shift away from the Chinese tech giant
Ellen Nakashima and William Booth / The Washington Post / July 13, 2020
UK telecom giants face a logistical nightmare ripping out Huawei gear from UK networks
James Cook and Hasan Chowdhury / The Telegraph / July 13, 2020
Israeli court rejects petition to curb spyware company
Ilan Ben Zion / The Associated Press / July 13, 2020
China could use TikTok for espionage, says cybersecurity expert
Bloomberg Technology / Bloomberg / July 13, 2020
China launches campaign to clean up websites that target minors
Brenda Goh and Himani Sarkar / Reuters / July 13, 2020
Robotics start-up CloudMinds returns to China after US sanctions hurt its business in Silicon Valley
Celia Chen and Minghe Hu / South China Morning Post / July 13, 2020
Chinese data center stock rally does not compute
Jacky Wong / The Wall Street Journal / July 13, 2020
Google to invest $10 billion in India
Eric Bellman / The Wall Street Journal / July 13, 2020
Qualcomm buys $97 million stake in India’s Reliance Jio
Ina Fried / Axios / July 13, 2020
Apple leaves foreign developers scrambling as unlicensed games removed from China App Store
Josh Ye / South China Morning Post / July 14, 2020
Europe faces judgment day on an Apple tax crusade
Simon Van Dorpe / POLITICO / July 13, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Google: Mitigating disinformation and foreign influence through social media a joint effort
Asha Barbaschow / ZDNet / July 13, 2020
Facebook uses AI to fight coronavirus misinformation and fake news
Kamalika Some / Analytics Insight / July 13, 2020
Facebook’s plan: Make nice, but don’t give in
Scott Rosenberg and Kyle Daly / Axios / July 13, 2020
Parler: what you need to know about the ‘free speech’ Twitter alternative
Audrey Courty / The Conversation / July 13, 2020
Facts or fake news: Revealing patterns in the COVID-19 tweets of Trudeau and Trump
Anthony Bonato and Alex Nazareth / The Conversation / July 13, 2020
How misinformation about 5G is spreading within our government institutions – and who’s responsible
Michael Jensen / The Conversation / July 13, 2020
Japan accuses China of pushing territorial claims during coronavirus pandemic
Tim Kelly / Reuters / July 13, 2020
Fact check: Most Hallmark greeting cards are made in the U.S.
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / July 13, 2020
Fact check: Photo claiming Trump is acting inappropriately with an underage girl actually shows Trump with his daughter
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / July 13, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Elections office encourages vote by mail and social distancing for August primaries
Madeline Montgomery / CBS 12 News / July 12, 2020
Postage stampede? Chicago sets new record for vote-by-mail applications for November elections
Rachel Hinton / Chicago Sun-Times / July 10, 2020
California rejected 100K mail-in ballots because of mistakes
Michael R. Blood / The Associated Press / July 13, 2020
At least 65K absentee or mail-in ballots have been rejected this year: report
Rachel Scully / The Hill / July 13, 2020
750 voters receive misprinted ballots in Kalamazoo Township
Grant Zamora and Genevieve Grippo / WWMT / July 12, 2020
Vermont receives 10 times the mail-in ballot requests as ‘16
Wilson Ring/ Associated Press News/ July 13, 2020
As ballots pile up in the mail, a potential ‘nightmare’ looms on Election Night
Brad Mielke et al. / ABC News / July 13, 2020
Ready or not: Election costs soar in prep for virus voting
Andrew Taylor and Christina A. Cassidy / Fox 13 / July 13, 2020
State election officials warn budget cuts could lead to November chaos
Marty Johnson / The Hill / July 13, 2020
Republicans Signal They’re Willing To Pay Up To Avoid An Election Day Disaster
Miles Parks / National Public Radio / July 10, 2020
North Macedonia: Ballot boxes carried to quarantined homes
Konstantin Testorides and Boris Grdanoski/ Associated Press New/ July 13, 2020