Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Ransomware attacks take on new urgency ahead of vote
Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger / The New York Times / Sept. 28, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Hackers have infiltrated many of Washington State’s agencies
Kartikay Mehrotra and Dina Bass / Bloomberg / Sept. 27, 2020
Baltimore ransomware attack was early attempt at data extortion, new report shows
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Sept. 25, 2020
Tyler Technologies says clients reported suspicious logins after hack
Joseph Menn / Reuters / Sept. 27, 2020
Judge pauses Trump’s plans to remove TikTok from app stores
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times / Sept. 27, 2020
Arm swimming in a sea of uncertainty that could sink its business model
Chris Duckett / ZDNet / Sept. 27, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Hungarian banks, telecoms services briefly hit by cyber attack: Magyar Telekom
Reuters / Sept. 26, 2020
China’s state-owned media pour vitriol on ByteDance-Oracle deal, indicating Beijing approval could be a pipe dream
Tracy Qu and Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / Sept. 27, 2020
US restrictions could hamper China’s plans for a self-reliant semiconductor sector
Che Pan / South China Morning Post / Sept. 27, 2020
Case to extradite Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to US resumes
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian / Sept. 28, 2020
How Taiwan’s ‘civic hackers’ helped find a new way to run the country
Carl Miller / The Guardian / Sept. 27, 2020
Singapore urges need for international organisations to ‘reform’ in digital age
Eileen Yu / ZDNet / Sept. 27, 2020
Australia’s spy agency has dismissed its official historian. But why?
Paul Daley / The Guardian / Sept. 27, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Mail-in voting, police protects create fertile ground for disinformation in Minnesota
Stephen Montemayor / Startribune / Sept. 27, 202
We need to rethink social media before it’s too late. We’ve accepted a Faustian bargain
Jeff Orlowski / The Guardian / Sept. 27, 2020
If your friends or family have fallen for an internet conspiracy cult, here’s what you should do
Van Badham / The Guardian / Sept. 27, 2020
Why the right wing has a massive advantage on Facebook
Alex Thompson / POLITICO / Sept. 26, 2020
Trump dismisses New York Times report on taxes as ‘fake news’
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill / Sept. 27, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Appeals court pauses 6-day extension for counting Wisconsin absentee ballots
John Bowden / The Hill / Sept. 27, 2020
Voters’ poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots
Christina A. Cassidy / The Associated Press / Sept. 26, 2020
How the Supreme Court could decide the election
Stef W. Kight and Sam Baker / Axios / Sept. 27, 2020
Trump readies thousands of attorneys for election fight
Anita Kumar / POLITICO / Sept. 27, 2020
No handshakes, limited audience: Covid shapes final Trump-Biden debate talks
Alex Isenstadt / POLITICO / Sept. 26, 2020
As questions surround mail voting during the election, Washington’s experience took root over years
Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times / Sept. 27, 2020
Confused about voting? Here are some easy tips
Reid J. Epstein / The New York Times / Sept. 26, 2020
Why voting in this U.S. Election will not be equal
Kassie Bracken / The New York Times / Sept. 28, 2020