Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
How foreign hackers could affect the November election
Jon Zimney / 95.3 MNC / Sept. 23, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
CIA clamps down on flow of Russia intelligence to White House
Natasha Bertrand and Daniel Lippman / POLITICO / Sept. 23, 2020
Pompeo warns about Chinese influence in Wisconsin visit
William Mauldin / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 23, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Secret Service looks to outsides to boost financial cybercrime probes
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / Sept. 23, 2020
Cyberwarfare fears add to security headaches for businesses
Danny Palmer / ZDNet / Sept. 23, 2020
Supreme Court review of hacking law puts cybersecurity researchers on alert
David Uberti / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 23, 2020
TikTok pushes back on Trump in court while angling for deal
David Yaffe-Ballany / Bloomberg / Sept. 23, 2020
TikTok’s content-moderation time bomb
Scott Rosenberg and Sara Fischer / Axios / Sept. 23, 2020
Google unveils new real-time threat detection tool from Chronicle
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet / Sept. 23, 2020
Enterprise tech efforts move beyond survival mode
Angus Loten / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 23, 2020
DOJ to seek congressional curbs on immunity for internet companies
Ryan Tracy and Brent Kendall / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 23, 2020
Microsoft nabs exclusive license to key AI program
Ina Fried / Axios / Sept. 23, 2020
‘AI is not real’: How intelligent is artificial intelligence?
Analytics Insight / Sept. 23, 2020
This wristband vibrates if you break social distancing rules
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Sept. 23, 2020
Exclusive: New push for autonomous vehicles bill
Ashley Gold / Axios / Sept. 23, 2020
A language generation program’s ability to write articles, produce code and compose poetry has wowed scientists
Prasenjit Mitra / The Conversation / Sept. 23, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
The hacking of Iran’s hackers
Zach Dorfman / Axios / Sept. 23, 2020
Microsoft, Italy, and the Netherlands warn of increased Emotet activity
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet / Sept. 23, 2020
TikTok owner puts deal with Oracle, Walmart in Beijing’s hands
Liza Lin / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 24, 2020
U.S. drops case against Chinese scientist at UVA
Kate O’Keefe and Aruna Viswanatha / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 23, 2020
One senator’s strategy for containing Chinese technological dominance
Greg Ip / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 23, 2020
Australia asks Google to block users ‘walking’ sacred site
Colin Packham / Reuters / Sept. 23, 2020
Facebook says it may quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US
Alex Hern / The Guardian / Sept. 22, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
FBI warns ‘foreign actors’ likely to spread misinformation on election results
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian / Sept. 23, 2020
Testing ahead of U.S. elections reveals struggle to quell disinformation
Christopher Bing / Reuters / Sept. 23, 2020
How a Chinese network of fake Facebook accounts influenced online debate on South China Sea, US politics
Karen Chiu and Iris Deng / South China Morning Post / Sept. 23, 2020
Facebook tool faulted for lapses in finding voter misinformation
Kurt Wagner / The New York Times / Sept. 23, 2020
Facebook to reject political ads prematurely claiming US election victory
Katie Paul / Reuters / Sept. 23, 2020
Lawsuit asks court to force Facebook to ban militias
Todd Richmond / The Associated Press / Sept. 23, 2020
TikTok hits back at ‘misinformation’ about its ties to China in submission to Senate inquiry
Katharine Murphy / The Guardian / Sept. 23, 2020
Reddit Squashed QAnon by Accident
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic / Sept. 23, 2020
Former QAnon followers explain what drew them in — and got them out
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone / Sept. 23, 2020
The QAnon orphans: people who have lost loved ones to conspiracy theories
Cecilia Saixue Watt / The Guardian / Sept. 23, 2020
RBG disinformation soars on social media
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Sept. 23, 2020
Young people more likely to believe virus misinformation, study says
Adam Satariano / The New York Times / Sept. 23, 2020
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry call on voters to ‘reject hate speech’ and ‘misinformation’
Judy Kurtz / The Hill / Sept. 23, 2020
Advertisers agree deal with social media on steps to curb harmful content
Martinne Geller / Reuters / Sept. 23, 2020
Phillippine police, military disown fake Facebook accounts
Reuters / Sept. 23, 2020
Fact check: Biden ‘Where am I?’ clip taken out of context
Reuters / Sept. 23, 2020
Fact check: Dr Oz remarks on flu shot increasing chances of getting COVID-19 misrepresented
Reuters / Sept. 23, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
In North Carolina, Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots Much More Likely to Be Rejected Than Those From Any Other Race
Sophie Chou and Tyler Dukes / ProPublica and WRAL News / Sept. 23, 2020
North Carolina extends deadline for mailed ballots ahead of election court fights
Joseph Ax and Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters / Sept. 22, 2020
The Election Is Already Under Way in America’s Courts
Leah Litman / The Atlantic / Sept. 23, 2020
The Election That Could Break America
Barton Gellman / The Atlantic / Sept. 23, 2020
Trump’s team hunts for votes in person, while Biden’s works the phones
Julie Bykowicz / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 23, 2020
Door-knocking in the COVID era: When ‘get out the vote’ becomes ‘get people help’
Melissa Gomez / Los Angeles Times / Sept. 23, 2020
Fax, mail or DHL? Overseas U.S. voters fret ahead of Nov. 3 election
Luke Baker et al. / Reuters / Sept. 23, 2020
Black women reach record numbers in down-ballot races
Kelly Dittmar and Glynda C. Carr / POLITICO / Sept. 23, 2020