Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Minnesota Secretary of State ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Upcoming Election Regarding Cybersecurity
Calyn Thompson / KMT3 News / Sept. 24, 2020
**Note: Source of the video was USC Minnesota workshop**
Election Cybersecurity
Foreign Hackers Cripple Texas County’s Email System, Raising Election Security Concerns
Jack Gillum et al. / ProPublica / Sept. 24, 2020
FBI, DHS say they have ‘not identified’ hacking schemes to change vote tallies ahead of U.S. election
Christopher Bing / Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
FBI, CISA urge public not to panic if they hear about election hacking
Eric Geller / POLITICO / Sept. 24, 2020
Twitter prepares for US election with new security training, penetration tests
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet / Sept. 24, 2020
Tyler Technologies reports apparent cyberattack
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Sept. 23, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
CISA says a hacker breached a federal agency
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet / Sept. 24, 2020
Officials: Washington being targeted by phishing campaign
Rachel Lacorte / The Associated Press / Sept. 24, 2020
Microsoft removed 18 Azure AD apps used by Chinese state-sponsored hacker group
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet / Sept. 24, 2020
Microsoft supports commission calling for re-establishment of U.S. cyber czar
Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Firms conduct ‘war games’ to prepare for external threats
Cheryl Winokur Munk / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 24, 2020
Judge orders US to delay TikTok ban or file arguments supporting it by Friday
Jodi Xu Klein / South China Morning Post / Sept. 25, 2020
Justice circles Big Tech with regulatory threats
Ashley Gold / Axios / Sept. 24, 2020
Regulators warn U.S. could fall behind without privacy standard
David Uberti / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 24, 2020
Facebook tightens rules for employee discussions in internal groups
Jeff Horwitz / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 24, 2020
Review: RSA SecurID SID700 helps secure remote workers
John Breeden II / StateTech Magazine / Sept. 24, 2020
How to make your data work more ethical
Puja Das / Analytics Insight / Sept. 24, 2020
Counties use modern tech to improve public assistance programs
Amy Burroughs / StateTech Magazine / Sept. 24, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
TikTok sale: ByteDance applies for China tech export licence amid uncertainty over Oracle-Walmart deal
Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post / Sept. 24, 2020
US has never asked WikiLeaks rival to remove leaked cables, court told
Ben Quinn / The Guardian / Sept. 24, 2020
Former Cambridge Analytica chief receives seven-year directorship ban
Rob Davies / The Guardian / Sept. 24, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Facebook removes Russian networks tied to intelligence services that interfered in the U.S. in 2016
Craig Timberg / The Washington Post / Sept. 24, 2020
Facebook’s Oversight Board plans to launch just before U.S. election
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
YouTube to battle mail-in voting misinformation with info panel on videos
Kaelan Deese / The Hill / Sept. 24, 2020
FBI director casts doubt on concerns over mail-in voting fraud
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Sept. 24, 2020
Fact check: Shell gas price photographs not taken during Obama administration
Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Fact check: Two Sigma is not owned by George Soros
Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Fact check: Joe Biden did not use a teleprompter during a Telemundo TV interview
Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Fact check: Image condemning mask-wearing contradicts scientific guidance
Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Coronavirus fuels historic legal battle over voting as 2020 U.S. election looms
Joseph Ax / Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Witnesses aren’t needed for absentee voting in Virginia. But the instructions sometimes say otherwise.
Patricia Sullivan / The Washington Post / Sept. 23, 2020
South Carolina to again require witness signature on absentee ballots after appeals court ruling
Zack Budryk / The Hill / Sept. 24, 2020
U.S. federal prosecutor announces inquiry into discarded ballots
Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe / Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Florida’s attorney general requests inquiry into Mike Bloomberg’s voting effort
Sam Levine / The Guardian / Sept. 24, 2020
Explainer: Why ‘naked ballots’ loom over U.S. presidential election
Jan Wolfe / Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Bleary-eyed U.S. election officials turn to signature-verifying software in mail-in surge
Paresh Dave and Andy Sullivan / Reuters / Sept. 24, 2020
Battles Over Voting Rules Fuel Concern About Postelection Fights
Nick Corasaniti and Kenneth P. Vogel / The New York Times / Sept. 24, 2020
Actually, we will know a lot on Election Night
Nathaniel Persily and Charles Stewart III / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 24, 2020
[Video] Election day could become election month
Los Angeles Times / Sept. 24, 2020
‘Something’s in the water’: Florida Republicans see surge in voter registration
Mark Caputo and Gary Fineout / POLITICO / Sept. 24, 2020
New interactive tool shows Biden’s mail voting danger
Margaret Talev and David Nather / Axios / Sept. 24, 2020
Democrats’ mail voting pivot
Alexi McCammond and Margaret Talev / Axios / Sept. 24, 2020
Hundreds of lawyers from nation’s oldest African American sorority join effort to fight voter suppression
Aris Folley / The Hill / Sept. 24, 2020
What voting in Dodger Stadium will look like
Mark Potts / Los Angeles Times / Sept. 24, 2020