Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Feds warn election officials of potentially malicious ‘typosquatting’ websites
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Aug. 22, 2020
Former CIA director Brennan is not target of 2016 election probe
Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 22, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Companies battle another pandemic: Skyrocketing hacking attempts
Catherine Stupp and James Rundle / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 22, 2020
Hackers can break into your house by listening to sound of key in the lock
James Cook / The Telegraph / Aug. 22, 2020
TikTok faces ‘uphill struggle’ in court challenge to Donald Trump’s ban
Zhou Xin et al. / South China Morning Post / Aug. 23, 2020
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stoked Washington’s fears about TikTok
Georgia Wells et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 23, 2020
An AI breaks the writing barrier
David A. Price / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 22, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Your data is not destined for China, assures TikTok’s UK boss
Chris Stokel-Walker / The Guardian / Aug. 23, 2020
Global pandemic fuels cloud computing growth
Priya Dialani / Analytics Insight / Aug. 23, 2020
Amazon and Reliance square off as India’s online pharmacy sector booms during coronavirus pandemic
Vasudevan Sridharan / South China Morning Post / Aug. 23, 2020
China’s power bank sharing industry took a hit from Covid-19, but it’s not out of juice yet
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post / Aug. 24, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Top Senate Intel Democrat worried Americans may ‘unwittingly’ promote Russian disinformation campaign
Justine Coleman / The Hill / Aug. 23, 2020
Recognize misinformation on the internet
Amy Yee / The New York Times / Aug. 23, 2020
Facebook removes page using image of LeBron James over ‘voter suppression tactics’
Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Washington Post / Aug. 22, 2020
Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules
Fadel Allassan / Axios / Aug. 23, 2020
BBC a bulwark against pandemic of fake news, Tony Hall to argue
Caroline Davies and Jim Waterson / The Guardian / Aug. 23, 2020
Threatened by Facebook disinformation, a monk flees Cambodia
Hannah Beech and Sun Narin / The New York Times / Aug. 23, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall.
Elise Viebeck / Startribune / Aug. 23, 2020
States prepare for voting by mail as election day approaches
PBS NewsHour / Aug. 22, 2020
National Guard Can Assist at Polling Places with State Approval, Officials Say
Richard Sisk / Military.com / Aug. 23, 2020
New Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought
David Welna / WAMU 88.5 Radio / Aug. 21, 2020
BigLaw And The Ballot: The Pro Bono Fight For Mail-In Voting
Jack Karg / Law360 / Aug. 23, 2020
Federal judge issues stay in Trump challenge of mail balloting in Pennsylvania
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters / Aug. 23, 2020
As Postal Service refuses to describe mail delivery changes in Washington, state officials scramble to protect mail ballots
Joeph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times / Aug. 21, 2020
The Postal Service and the 2020 election: What you need to know
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 23, 2020
U.S. House votes to block Postal reforms seen as threat to mail-in ballots
David Morgan / Reuters / Aug. 22, 2020
GOP seeks to match Democrats in mail-in vote applications amid Trump criticism
Alexa Corse et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 23, 2020
Top U.S. security official says he cannot send law enforcement to polling sites
Ted Hesson / Reuters / Aug. 23, 2020
It’s official: Conventions are history. So what replaces them?
Zachary Karabell / POLITICO / Aug. 22, 2020