Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
This U.S. election could be the most secure yet. Here’s why.
Kassie Bracken / The New York Times / Oct. 18, 2020
Scammers seize on US election, but it’s not votes they want
David Klepper / The Associated Press / Oct. 17, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
How ransomware puts your hospital at risk
Josephine Wolff / The New York Times / Oct. 17, 2020
How US newsletter site Substack took inspiration from China’s WeChat to give content creators a voice
Josh Ye / South China Morning Post / Oct. 19, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Australian government takes another swing at revamping visa processing system
Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet / Oct. 19, 2020
Toshiba targets $3 billion revenue in quantum cryptography by 2030
Makiko Yamazaki / Reuters / Oct. 18, 2020
If Facebook and Google limit services in Australia, could the ABC run a social network?
Amanda Meade / The Guardian / Oct. 18, 2020
US-China tech war: Beijing counters restrictions with new law to curb sensitive exports
Tracy Qu and Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / Oct. 18, 2020
U.S. to offer loans to lure developing countries away from Chinese telecom gear
Stu Woo / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 18, 2020
Shenzhen given new powers to attract key foreign workers and develop new financial market tools under plans to develop role as China’s tech hub
Kinling Lo and Georgina Lee / South China Morning Post / Oct. 18, 2020
Fintech giant Ant Group wins approval from China’s securities regulator for jumbo IPO in Hong Kong
Chad Bray and Enoch Yiu / South China Morning Post / Oct. 19, 2020
‘There’s a whole war going on’: the film tracing a decade of cyber-attacks
Adrian Horton / The Guardian / Oct. 16, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place
Davey Alba and Jack Nicas / The New York Times / Oct. 18, 2020
Partisan sites posing as local news expand ahead of election
Emily Glazer and Keach Hagey / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 18, 2020
Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?
Barbara Ortutay and David Klepper / The Associated Press / Oct. 18, 2020
Group seeks to combat misleading information online
Russell Contreras / The Associated Press news / Oct. 16, 2020
Group seeks to combat misleading information online
Russell Contreras / The Associated Press news / Oct. 16, 2020
Facebook says it rejected 2.2m ads seeking to obstruct voting in US election
Agence France-Presse / The Guardian / Oct. 17, 2020
Twitter and Facebook were right to suppress a Biden smear. But they should tell us why they did.
Editorial Board / The Washington Post / Oct. 18, 2020
Twitter removes tweet from Trump’s COVID adviser claiming masks do not work
Axios / Oct. 18, 2020
Fact check: Joe Biden has condemned Antifa, violent protests
Reuters / Oct. 16, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Amid fears of Election Day chaos, one county prepares for anxious days after the vote
Marc Fisher / The Washington Post / Oct. 18, 2020
New Jersey election officials scramble on first mostly mail-in vote
Joseph De Avila / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 17, 2020
Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have to Wait in Line for Hours? Their Numbers Have Soared, and Their Polling Places Have Dwindled.
Stephen Fowler / ProPublica / Oct. 17, 2020
Long lines, early ballots, new polls all point to heavy voter turnout
Chad Day and Cameron McWhirter / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 17, 2020
Courts curtail extended deadlines for mail-in ballots
Brent Kendall and Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 18, 2020
States brace for surge of voter registration as deadlines near
Nolan D. McCaskill / POLITICO / Oct. 18, 2020
What early voting can (and can’t) tell us about the election
Stef W. Kight and Hans Nichols / Axios / Oct. 18, 2020
Young U.S. poll workers brace for Election Day as virus fears keepy elders home
Julia Harte and John Whitesides / Reuters / Oct. 18, 2020
‘My people fought for the right to vote’: With a surge of emotion, Black Americans rush to the polls
Amy Gardner / The Washington Post / Oct. 18, 2020
Black voters’ mail-in ballots being rejected at higher rate
Sam Levine / The Guardian / Oct. 17, 2020
Demi Lovato to appear during ‘Vote With Us’ virtual rally
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone / Oct. 16, 2020
‘Bring your own pen’: How Bolivia is voting amid the pandemic
Marcelo Rochabrun / Reuters / Oct. 18, 2020
Jacinda Ardern claims historic victory in New Zealand election
Rebecca Falconer / Axios / Oct. 18, 2020