Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Will The 2020 Elections Be Secure?
Andy Walworth / RealClear Politics / July 24, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
U.S. counterspy gives rare warning on foreign meddling in U.S. election
Mark Hosenball / Reuters / July 24, 2020
Democrats say intel assessment on foreign election inference doesn’t go ‘far enough’
Maggie Miller / The Hill / July 24, 2020
With November Approaching, Election Officials Still Face Safety, Security Question
Pam Fessler / National Public Radio / July 24, 2020
Cybersecurity Experts Caution Against Calls to Expand Online Voting
Alila Slisco / Newsweek / July 23, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
The Cybersecurity 202: Drone vulnerabilities add to U.S.-China spying tensions
Joseph Marks and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / July 24, 2020
CISA confirms hackers are exploiting F5 flaw on federal and private networks
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / July 24, 2020
Smartwatch maker Garmin hit by outages after ransomware attack
Mark Sweney / The Guardian / July 24, 2020
Rural North Carolinans are sicker with worse access to broadband
Ryan Johnston / StateScoop / July 24, 2020
Morgan Stanley blocks interns in China from accessing network over security fears
Michael O’Dwyer / The Telegraph / July 24, 2020
FBI warns US companies about backdoors in Chinese tax software
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet / July 24, 2020
Twitter’s torrent of woes
Scott Rosenberg and Sara Fischer / Axios / July 24, 2020
The tool that took over Twitter
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE Media / July 24, 2020
Facebook wants to use a bot-populated simulation to fend off scams in the real world
Scott Rosenberg / Axios / July 24, 2020
TikTok pressure could further harm Silicon Valley’s relationship with China
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios / July 24, 2020
TikTok introduces US$200 million fund for US creators despite political headwinds
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / July 24, 2020
Apple’s long-awaited security device research program makes its debut
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / July 22, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
EU countries must urgently diversify 5G suppliers, Commission says
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters / July 24, 2020
Brussels Report: Privacy Regulators Worry About Volume of New Work From EU Data Ruling
Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / July 24, 2020
UK efforts to penetrate Kremlin would not be shared with ISC
Dan Sabagh / The Guardian / July 23, 2020
Xi Jinping’s trillion-yuan baby, bigger than older growth markets in Asia, is poised for the next spurt of growth. Here’s why
Daniel Ren et al. / South China Morning Post / July 25, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Russia’s disinformation campaigns are targeting African Americans
Žilvinas Švedkauskas et al. / The Washington Post / July 24, 2020
TikTok Bans QAnon Hashtags
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone / July 24, 2020
QAnon believers will likely outlast and outsmart Twitter’s bans
Audrey Corty / The Conversation / July 24, 2020
Mom Influencers on Instagram Are Spreading Anti-Mask Propaganda
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone / July 24, 2020
Facebook, Twitter remove accounts of Bolsonaro supporters following court orders
Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu / Reuters / July 24, 2020
Partisan news sites could displace but never replace new newspapers
Christian Trejbal / The Seattle Times / July 24, 2020
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Amanda Seitz / The Associated Press / July 24, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Attorney General Seeks Extension for Primary Election Vote Counting
David Wildstein / The New Jersey Globe / July 24, 2020
8 Big Reasons Election Day 2020 Could Be a Disaster
Garrett M. Graff / POLITICO / July 24, 2020
Editorial counterpoint: Mail-in voting would undermine election integrity
Justin Clark / StarTribune / July 24, 2020
Protecting the Vote from a Pandemic
Michael Waldman / The Brennan Center for Justice / July 24, 2020