Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Congressional panel subpoenas top Homeland official in whistleblower probe
Mark Hosenball / Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Hacker releases Las Vegas school district student, employee information after officials refuse ransom demands
Justine Coleman / The Hill / Sept. 29, 2020
Microsoft resolves major Monday outage after five hours
The Associated Press / Sept. 29, 2020
House passes bills to secure energy sector against cyberattacks
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Sept. 29, 2020
How agencies moved quickly to a secure telework environment
Jacquelyn Bengfort / StateTech Magazine / Sept. 29, 2020
What is phishing? Everything you need to know to protect yourself from scam emails and more
Danny Palmer / ZDNet / Sept. 29, 2020
Drain the App Store swamp: Elect an independent third party
Jason Perlow / ZDNet / Sept. 29, 2020
Column: When the phone company and the robocall scammer are one and the same
David Lazarus / Los Angeles Times / Sept. 29, 2020
U.S. senators aim to stop sale of drugs online by going after tech’s legal immunity
Nandita Bose / Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Detroit renews facial recognition contract
Jared Council / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 29, 2020
Digital threats demand attorney-client ethics revamp, report warns
Sara Merken / Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Sacramento to provide 10,000 households with free internet
Ryan Johnston / StateScoop / Sept. 29, 2020
When artificial intelligence meets information technology
Puja Das / Analytics Insight / Sept. 29, 2020
Air Force continues push on virtual training with new contracts
Jackson Barnett / WorkScoop / Sept. 28, 2020
Top digital transformation trends in education post COVID-19
Preetipadma / Analytics Insight / Sept. 29, 2020
Academic fraud spikes as students study from home
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Sept. 29, 2020
‘Studytable’ gives Purdue U. classmates new ways to connect
Colin Wood / EdScoop / Sept. 29, 2020
TikTok must resolve other US restrictions after Trump ban is halted, legal experts say
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / Sept. 29, 2020
Media’s failed attempt to take on the Facebook-Google “duopoly”
Sara Fischer / Axios / Sept. 29,2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Microsoft says Russia behind most nation-state cyber-attacks
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / Sept. 29, 2020
Swatch shuts down some technology systems after cyberattack
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
iPhone 12 production at China factory ramps up to 24 hours a day ahead of new model launch
Cissy Zhou and Zhou Xin / South China Morning Post / Sept. 29, 2020
French telcos take 5G spectrum price tag to at least 2.4 billion euros
Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
‘No laughing matter’: Google enlists comedian to help in fight against Australia’s news code
Amanda Meade / The Guardian / Sept. 29, 2020
Government’s $800m Digital Business plan will let you access myGov with facial recognition
Rob Nicholls / The Conversation / Sept. 29, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Federal agencies warn of disinformation around cyberattacks on election infrastructure
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Sept. 28, 2020
TikTok launches U.S. elections guide to combat misinformation
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
How Misinformation About Vote-By-Mail Could Impact the Election
WBUR / Sept. 29, 2020
U.S. intelligence reports warn of extremist threat around election
Ted Hesson et al. / Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
‘Russia Doesn’t Have To Make Fake News’: Biggest Election Threat Is Closer To Home
Greg Myre and Shannon Bond / National Public Radio / Sept. 29, 2020
Schiff sees rise in Russian disinformation as Trump attacks mail-in voting
Julian E. Barnes / The New York Times / Sept. 29, 2020
Project Veritas video was a “coordinated disinformation campaign,” researchers say
Maggie Astor / The New York Times / Sept. 29, 2020
Media prepares to fact check debates in real time
Sara Fischer / Axios / Sept. 29, 2020
Biden campaign urges Facebook to remove Trump posts spreading ‘falsehoods’
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Sept. 29, 2020
Fact check US: What is the impact of Russian interference in the US presidential election?
Sophie Marineau / The Conversation / Sept. 29, 2020
Fact check: Photos of electoral mail disposed in California show empty envelopes from 2018, not 2020 mail-in-ballots
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Fact check: Video does not appear to show child trafficking rescue operation in Israel
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Fact check: Joe Biden did not say ‘his people’ would ‘keep burning, looting and killing’ if he lost the presidential election
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Fact check: An altered video appears to show speechless spectators after Biden announces tax rise
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Fact check: Nancy Pelosi did not block stimulus check from Trump on condition that he gave $1 trillion to illegal immigrants
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Philippines accuses Facebook of censoring pro-government content
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
How QAnon conspiracy theory memes are spreading on Facebook in the UK
Sue Greenwood / The Conversation / Sept. 29, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Nearly 95,000 ballots requested in W. Va.
Ashley Haycraft / 12WBOY / Sept. 29, 2020
New York City voters report mail-in ballot errors
Axios / Sept. 29, 2020
New York City to resend 100,000 absentee ballots over printing error
Jimmy Vielkind / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 29, 2020
The start of early voting in Philly was riddled with technical errors
Sean Collins Walsh / The Inquirer / Sept. 29, 2020
Free from prison, but still on parole means no voting rights–Prop 17 would change that
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle / Sept. 29, 2020
Judge in Wisconsin upholds extension of state’s absentee ballot receipt deadline
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
Judge orders Georgia to use paper records at polling places to avoid Election Day delays
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Sept. 29, 2020
Our Election System Is Resilient — but Still Has Room for Improvement
Lawrence Norden et al. / Brennan Center for Justice / Sept. 29, 2020
Make America trust elections again
William A. Galston / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 29, 2020
National Date Release Sheds Light on Past Polling Place Changes
Carrie Levine et al. / Stateline / Sept. 29, 2020
No handshake at start of first Trump-Biden presidential debate in age of coronavirus
Reuters / Sept. 29, 2020
How a nearly empty room led to debate chaos
Anita Kumar / POLITICO / Sept. 29, 2020
TikTok rolls out in-app elections guide
Sara Fischer / Axios / Sept. 29, 2020
Why Is Uber Begging Me to Vote?
Amanda Mull / The Atlantic / Sept. 29, 2020