Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Voting at risk in SC due to coordinated cyber threats, experts say
Lindsay Street / Charleston City Paper / Aug. 1, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
Ransomware feared as possible saboteur for November election
Eric Tucker et al. / Los Angeles Times / Aug. 2, 2020
Annual election security tabletop drill put officials through ‘Armageddon-like’ test
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / July 31, 2020
House-passed funding package includes $500M for election security upgrades
Maggie Miller / The Hill / July 31, 20202
Cybersecurity / Technology
‘Payment sent’ – travel giant CWT pays $4.5 million ransom to cyber criminals
Jack Stubbs / Reuters / July 31, 2020
Exclusive: TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal – sources
Echo Wang et al. / Reuters / Aug. 1, 2020
Phishing campaigns, from first to last victim, take 21h on average
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet / Aug. 1, 2020
Instagram morphs into an information powerhouse
Neal Rothschild and Sara Fischer / Axios / Aug. 1, 2020
I Tried To Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible.
Kashmir Hill / The New York Times / July 31, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
British teenager charged with hacking Twitter celebrities faces extradition to the US
Danielle Sheridan and Ellie Zolfagharifard / The Telegraph / Aug. 1, 2020
Inside China Tech: Tencent supercharges WeChat
Bien Perez / South China Morning Post / Aug. 1, 2020
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance ‘prefers independent spin-off over Microsoft sale’ as Donald Trump threatens ban
Zhou Xin and Sarah Zheng / South China Morning Post / Aug. 2, 2020
TikTok faces Australian security investigation as Donald Trump threatens US ban
Keegan Elmer / South China Morning Post / Aug. 2, 2020
NewsGuard partners with BT to provide UK audiences with online misinformation tool
NewsGuard / July 31, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
How Do You Know a Human Wrote This?
Farhad Manjoo / The New York Times / July 29, 2020
In Orange County, heart of the mask resistance, a doctor tries to restore faith in science
Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times / Aug. 1, 2020
Facebook hate-speech boycott had little effect on revenue
Sara Fischer / Axios / Aug. 2, 2020
Facebook puts global block on Brazil’s Bolsonaro supporters
Alexandre Caverni et al. / Reuters / Aug. 1, 2020
QAnon’s Deep State conspiracies spread to Europe
Chine Labbe et al. / NewsGuard/ July 21, 2020
The threads that don’t connect: Covid gives Australian conspiracy theorists a common home
Michael McGowan / The Guardian / Aug. 1, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Board of Canvassers fear they wouldn’t have resources to verify mail ballot applications
John Howell / Warwick Beacon / July 31, 2020
Sheriff’s office warns people of lying about being from the Board of Elections
Rachel Berry / The Courier-Tribune / July 31, 2020
N.C. BOARD OF ELECTIONS: Statement about absentee ballot security
State Board of Elections / WRAL.com / July 31, 2020
GOP Senate candidate Singh seeks recount to highlight what he calls perils of vote-by-mail elections
Michelle Brunetti / The Press of Atlantic City / July 31, 2020
Lawmakers want voting system vendors to disclose shareholders
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe / July 31, 2020
Washington was a vote-by-mail pioneer; now other states are following suit amid coronavirus
Jim Brunner and Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times / Aug. 2, 2020
Minnesota aims for full ballot boxes empty polling places this Election Day
Jennifer Brooks / StarTribune / Aug. 1, 2020
Wisconsin absentee ballots may pose issues for the 2020 election
Tom Scheck and Geoff Hing / StarTribune / Aug. 1, 2020
GOP: Renomination of Trump to be held in private
Kevin Freking / Los Angeles Times / Aug. 2, 2020
U.S. election will be Nov. 3 as planned, Trump advisers say
Doina Chiacu / Reuters / Aug. 2, 2020
Voting by Mail is Crucial for Democracy
The Editorial Board / The New York Times / Aug. 1, 2020
How the media could get the election story wrong
Ben Smith / The New York Times / Aug. 2, 2020
Here’s how experts think the press should cover the runup to the November election
Clare Duffy / CNN Business / Aug. 2, 2020
Supreme Court signals federal judiciary won’t mediate fights over voting and virus
Jess Bravin / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 1, 2020
Lewis’s death inspires push to restore Voting Rights Act provisions
Fadel Allassan / Axios / Aug. 1, 2020
US Voting Rights in Spotlight Ahead of November Election
Chris Simkins / Voice of America News / Aug. 1, 2020
Belarus election campaign has unexpected sideshow: Spat with Russia over alleged interference
Isabelle Khurshudyan / The Washington Post / Aug. 1, 2020