Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Election-related cybersecurity
Scott Burton / KTOO / Aug. 28, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
Election risk tool released for state, local election officials
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Sept. 2, 2020
Homeland Security blocked warnings of Russian campaign against Biden
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / The New York Times / Sept. 2, 2020
Exclusive: Bipartisan campaign aims to reassure U.S. voters as Trump questions election integrity
Tim Reid / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
Top U.S. cybersecurity expert on mail-in voting: “If you’ve got paper, you’ve got receipts”
Dan Patterson / CBS News / Sept. 2, 2020
Rubio says Senate Intel will get election briefings despite Ratcliffe order
Andrew Desiderio / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
CISA orders agencies to set up vulnerability disclosure programs
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Sept. 2, 2020
Remote learning during pandemic brings privacy risks
David Uberti / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 2, 2020
Six tech tips for remote learning: Protect your kids’ data and make sure they look good on Zoom
Heather Kelly / The Washington Post / Sept. 2, 2020
Exclusive: Aspiring TikTok buyers pursue four options in effort to revive talks
Echo Wang et al. / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
U.S. seeks to expand biometric data it collects from immigrants
Michelle Hackman / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 2, 2020
Our quantum internet breakthrough could help make hacking a thing of the past
Siddarth Koduru Joshi / The Conversation / Sept. 2, 2020
Hartford, Conn., to roll out citywide Wi-Fi
Phil Goldstein / StateTech Magazine / Sept. 2, 2020
Internet companies urge FCC to reject Trump bid to impose new social media regulations
David Shepardson and Nandita Bose / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
Top Republican accuses Twitter of ‘mismanagement’ of security, employees
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Sept. 2, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Montenegro’s president accuses Serbia of meddling in election
Aleksandar Vasovic / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
Chinese hackers targeted European officials in phishing campaign
Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg / Sept. 2, 2020
Minister: New Zealand enduring wave of cyberattacks
Nick Perry / The Associated Press / Sept. 2, 2020
Twitter confirms account of India PM Modi’s personal website hacked
Bhargav Acharya / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
India’s opposition parties quiz Facebook over political bias
Nigam Prusty / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
Facebook threatens to block Australian news if law goes ahead
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review / Sept. 2, 2020
Chinese export rules add new complication to TikTok Rubik’s Cube
Dan Primack / Axios / Sept. 2, 2020
U.S. firms shuffle ranks, boost European data privacy practices in Brussels
Sara Merken / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
[Video] Facebook, Twitter pull Russian accounts
Bloomberg Business / Bloomberg / Sept. 2, 2020
Duped by Russia, freelancers ensnared in disinformation campaign by promise of easy money
Jack Stubbs / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
A freelance writer learns he was working for the Russians
Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / Sept. 2, 2020
Microsoft strengthens deepfake fight with new authentication tools
Asha Barbaschow / ZDNet / Sept. 2, 2020
Ady Barkan says edited Scalise video has ‘ominous lessons’ for election
Zack Budryk / The Hill / Sept. 2, 2020
The birth of QAmom
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone / Sept. 2, 2020
Nearly two centuries ago, a QAnon-like conspiracy theory propelled candidates to Congress
Sophie Bjork-James / The Conversation / Sept. 2, 2020
Why the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ is still pushed by anti-Semites more than a century after hoax first circulated
Stephen Whitfield / The Conversation / Sept. 2, 2020
Facebook removes GOP lawmaker’s threat to ‘drop’ protesters
Susan Cornwell / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
Fauci debunks coronavirus death misinformation promoted by Trump
Antonia Noori Farzan et al. / The Washington Post / Sept. 2, 2020
From Woodinville to the president’s thumbs, how a false claim spreads like a virus
Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times / Sept. 2, 2020
If Facebook carries out its threat, Australian feeds will be awash with even more misinformation
Belinda Barnet / The Guardian / Sept. 2, 2020
AP Fact Check: Barr raises voter fraud specter, China threat
Eric Tucker / The Associated Press / Sept. 2, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Election office to replace computers, locks, keys to strengthen security
Elena Cawley / The Manchester Times / Sept. 2, 2020
7 write-in primary ballots discovered uncounted from Unity polling place, to be counted next week
Rich Cholodofsky / Trib Live / Sept. 2, 2020
Prosecutors charge 19 in North Carolina with voter fraud
The Associated Press / Sept. 2, 2020
Diary of an election poll inspector
Daniel W. Drezner / The Washington Post / Sept. 2, 2020
Over 1 million ballots delivered to voters late during primaries, Postal Service watchdog finds
J. Edward Moreno / The Washington Post / Sept. 2, 2020
Mail-in ballots can be counted early
Matt Friedman / POLITICO / Sept. 2, 2020
American voters support the post office. Their views on mail-in voting are more complicated.
Jen Kirby / Vox / Sept. 2, 2020
What could go wrong on election day
Karl Rove / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 2, 2020
Democrats should curb their enthusiasm for mail-in voting
Rich Lowry / POLITICO / Sept. 2, 2020
Trump campaign sues Democratic Montana governor to limit mail-in voting
Tim Reid / Reuters / Sept. 2, 2020
Pac-12 athletic departments to facilitate voter registration of athletes
James Crepea / The Oregonian/Oregon Live / Sept. 2, 2020
Banks join push to give workers time off to vote
Jon Prior / American Banker / Sept. 2, 2020
Alyssa Milano to launch web series on election security
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill / Sept. 2, 2020