Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
The Cybersecurity 202: Pence echoes Trumps’s unfounded attacks on the election in debate
Joseph Marks and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Oct. 8, 2020
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Election Cybersecurity
Voting by phone: The promise and peril of digital ballots
Paul Vigna / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 8, 2020
Cambridge Analytica Did Not Influence Brexit, British Watchdog Concludes
Zachary Evans / The National Review / Oct. 8, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Hackers eye their next targets, from schools to cars
Leigh Kamping-Carder and Kevin Hand / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 8, 2020
Inside the competition to safeguard the internet
WSJ Noted / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 8, 2020
Coronavirus elevates compliance risks for most companies
Tom Corrigan / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 8, 2020
House slams monopolistic tech giants for abusing their power
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct. 8, 2020
Harris vs. Pence on tech
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Oct. 8, 2020
P&G, other advertisers to stick by TikTok unless clock runs out
Martinne Geller and Richa Naidu / Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Microsoft app store playbook swipes at Apple, Google
Ina Fried / Axios / Oct. 8, 2020
Former eBay workers plead guilty to cyberstalking campaign against couple
Nate Raymond / Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Q&A: How Montgomery County (Pa.) supported residents in a time of crisis
Mickey McCarter / StateTech Magazine / Oct. 8, 2020
UC Davis drives energy efficiency on campus with data insights
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Oct. 8, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
New EU ‘gateway’ will link coronavirus apps across borders
Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 8, 2020
Ransomware: It’s time to bring cybersecurity audits up to GDPR status
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet / Oct. 8, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
U.S. dismantles global disinformation campaign tied to Iran: Justice Department
Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Facebook, Twitter dismantle global array of disinformation networks
Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing / Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Facebook bans marketing firm running ‘troll farm’ for pro-Trump youth group
Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Washington Post / Oct. 8, 2020
Facebook is removing QAnon pages and groups from its sites, but critical thinking is still the best way to fight conspiracy theories
Shane Satterley / The Conversation / Oct. 8, 2020
Climate denial ads on Facebook seen by millions, report finds
Damian Carrington / The Guardian / Oct. 8, 2020
Tech’s steadily tightening limits on political ads
Sara Fischer and Ashley Gold / Axios / Oct. 8, 2020
Brands face a new online threat: Disinformation attacks
Robert McMillan / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 8, 2020
Fact check: Susan Page is writing a book about Nancy Pelosi and has also written a Barbara Bush biography
Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Fact check: Trump did not tweet about doctors said his DNA was ‘USA’
Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Fact check: Pence did not send tweet suggesting Harris received debate questions in advance
Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Fact check: Kamala Harris was not smiling when discussing the death of Kayla Mueller
Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Fact check: Declaration of Independence text was shown behind both vice presidential candidates in debate
Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
When virtual turns fake: Daish politicians ‘meet’ Belarusian opposition figure
Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Appeals court blocks Wisconsin’s deadline extension for mail-in ballots
Brent Kendall and Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 8, 2020
Federal judge weights Florida’s voter registration deadline
Bobby Caina Calvan / The Associated Press / Oct. 8, 2020
Debate over debates draws attention to nonpartisan commission
Ken Thomas / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 8, 2020
Trump rejects virtual debate, says may hold a campaign rally on Saturday
Steve Holland / Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
More than 6.6 million Ammericans have already voted, suggesting record turnout
John Whitesides / Reuters / Oct. 8, 2020
There’s nothing unusual about early voting – it’s been done since the founding of the republic
Terri Bimes / The Conversation / Oct. 8, 2020
Law enforcement preps for potential election-related unrest
Michael Kunzelman et al. / The Associated Press / Oct. 8, 2020
Inside Donald Trump’s Election Day poll-watching army
Alex Isenstadt and Natasha Korecki / POLITICO / Oct. 8, 2020
Trudeau: Canada preparing for potential ‘disruptions’ after US election
Zack Budryk / The Hill / Oct. 8, 2020