Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
The Cybersecurity 202: Trump clings to unfounded ballot claims even when called out at NBC town hall
Joseph Marks and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Oct. 16, 2020
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Election Cybersecurity
Security firms call Microsoft’s effort to disrupt botnet to protect against election interference ineffective
Jay Greene / The Washington Post / Oct. 16, 2020
Google offers details on Chinese hacking group that targeted Biden campaign
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Oct. 16, 2020
Google sees persistent foreign cyber targeting of US elections, COVID-19 research
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 16, 2020
A video series explores the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. Elections
John Otis / The New York Times / Oct. 16, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
How artificial intelligence is causing cyber attacks
Puja Das / Analytics Insight / Oct. 16, 2020
OCC fines Morgan Stanley units for data security incidents
James Rundle / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 16, 2020
Democrats introduce bill providing $400 million to protect schools from cyberattacks
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 16, 2020
Google taps AI for new search tricks
Ina Fried / Axios / Oct. 16, 2020
States’ lack of emerging-tech governance is risky, NASCIO says
Colin Wood / StateScoop / Oct. 16, 2020
NASCIO 2020: The rapid rise of digital services
StateTech Magazine / Oct. 16, 2020
What deters the aggression of cyberwarfare?
Gentry Lane / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 16, 2020
Google Invests $1M in digital-skills training at Black universities
Colin Wood / EdScoop / Oct. 16, 2020
Zoom is selling ticketed virtual events and offering its own mini programs with OnZoom and Zapps
Masha Borak / South China Morning Post / Oct. 16, 2020
Zuckerberg, Dorsey and Pichai to testify on content policies
Ryan Tracy / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 16, 2020
How Mark Zuckerberg learned politics
Deepa Seetharaman and Emily Glazer / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 16, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Iran says one of two cyber attack targets was country’s ports – news agency
Reuters / Oct. 16, 2020
Cybercrime money-launders busted by European police, FBI
The Associated Press / Oct. 15, 2020
Europe telecoms lobby group ‘denounces’ bans on Chinese vendors
Douglas Busvine / Reuters / Oct. 16, 2020
Japan will not join U.S. plan to bar China from telecoms networks: Yomiuri
Reuters / Oct. 15, 2020
FCC asks Justice Department to weigh in on China Unicom U.S. operations
David Shepardson / Reuters / Oct. 16, 2020
Artificial intelligence Cold War on the horizon
Ryan Heath / POLITICO / Oct. 16, 2020
Huawei ban, Covid-19 pandemic fears push China’s integrated circuit imports to record high
Celia Chen / South China Morning Post / Oct. 16, 2020
Do electric cars have the range to go the distance in China’s rural towns and villages as they battle for buyers’ hearts and wallets?
Daniel Ren, Pearl Liu, and Ji Siqi / South China Morning Post / Oct. 17, 2020
China’s carbon neutral efforts to get boost from new ways to produce methanol, hydrogen
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / Oct. 16, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Combatting election disinformation is ‘whack-a-mole,’ says New Mexico official
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Oct. 16, 2020
Crazy Nancy, Crooked Donald — two linked Facebook pages show the allure of political discord
Mark Scott / POLITICO / Oct. 16, 2020
Twitter and Facebook contend with concerns over election interference, censorship
Robert McMillan et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 16, 2020
Facebook and Twitter, the reluctant gatekeepers
Scott Rosenberg / Axios / Oct. 16, 2020
Facebook, Twitter, and what news is fit to share
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct. 16, 2020
Twitter reverses, allowing users to share controversial New York Post story
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / Oct. 16, 2020
Why do conspiracy theories about pedophilia hold such sway with some conservatives?
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 16, 2020
Black scholars launch project to fight disinformation
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Oct. 16, 2020
Facebook Uses Incorrect Fact Check to Censor Susan B. Anthony List Ads
Zachary Evans / The National Review / Oct. 16, 2020
Fact check: Biden-Harris Phoenix event intended to have limited attendance
Reuters / Oct. 16, 2020
Fact check: Screenshot does not show authentic CNN tweet
Reuters / Oct. 16, 2020
Reported Russian COVID vaccine disinformation ‘reprehensible’ – Raab
Reuters / Oct. 16, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
In Ohio, a printing company is overwhelmed and mail ballots are delayed
Reid J. Epstein / The New York Times / Oct. 16, 2020
Texas legal battles over voting could have an impact on election
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 16, 2020
California Republicans defend ballot boxes as subpoenas are issued
Sarah Parvini et al. / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 16, 2020
Michigan to ban open carry of firearms at voting locations
Reuters / Oct. 16, 2020
U.S. Postal Service benches its police officers before election
Rebecca Smith / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 16, 2020
Clawing back votes: 7 states allow voters to resubmit ballots
Audrey Conklin / Fox News / Oct. 16, 2020
Google launches features to locate voting places, ballot drop-offs
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Oct. 16, 2020
Worries about postal service and mail-in ballots push early voters to in-person polling places
Jeremy Herb / CNN / Oct. 16, 2020
Early Voting Continues At Historic Rate: 22 Million Ballots Already Cast
Tommy Beer / Forbes / Oct. 16, 2020
Native Americans fear votes in remote areas could go uncounted
Al Jazeera / Oct. 16, 2020
Over 170 events planned nationwide by advocacy groups after election to make sure all ballots are counted
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 16, 2020