Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
The Cybersecurity 202: Iran’s alleged voter intimidation scheme shows what 2020 election interference looks like
Joseph Marks and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Oct. 22, 2020
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Election Cybersecurity
U.S. government concludes Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats
Ellen Nakashima et al. / The Washington Post / Oct. 22, 2020
Russian poses greater election threat than Iran, many U.S. officials say
Julian E. Barnes / The New York Times / Oct. 22, 2020
Tech volunteers head to the polls to support glitch-free voting
Angus Loten / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Trump’s Twitter hacked after Dutch researcher claims he guessed password – report
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian / Oct. 22, 2020
Big-city CISOs form cyberdefense group
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Oct. 22, 2020
Security experts alarmed by ‘broken’ cyber market
James Rundle / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
The problem with tech monopolies, from both sides of the political aisle
The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
TikTok deal makers await court ruling on U.S. ban
John D. McKinnon et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
WhatsApp outlines future payday from users messaging with businesses
Jeff Horwitz / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
Facebook Oversight Board begins hearing appeals
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct. 22, 2020
Senate Judiciary Committee authorizes subpoenas for Twitter and Facebook CEOs
Siobhan Hughes and Sarah E. Needleman / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
FTC discusses potential antitrust case against Facebook
Leah Nylen / POLITICO / Oct. 22, 2020
Google’s antitrust woes seen helping Microsoft’s Bing
Aaro Tilley / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
California unveils strategy to help navigate data landscape
Phil Goldstein / StateTech Magazine / Oct. 22, 2020
U. North Carolina adopts unified security platform for data protection
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Oct. 22, 2020
PayPal brings bitcoin to the mainstream
Dion Rabouin / Axios / Oct. 22, 2020
Uber and Lyft must classify drivers as employees, appeals court says
Preetika Rana / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
China calls the US an ‘empire of hacking’ following NSA advisory accusing Chinese hackers of exploiting cybersecurity bugs
Masha Borak / South China Morning Post / Oct. 22, 2020
The U.S. vs. China: The high cost of the technology Cold War
Stu Woo / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
Huawei unveils 5G Mate 40 flagship smartphones as chip supply constraints loom
Celia Chen / South China Morning Post / Oct. 22, 2020
Blockchain allowed 17 million people to travel between Guangdong, Macau amid coronavirus pandemic
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / Oct. 22, 2020
JD.com rolls out fleet of autonomous delivery vans as online shopping giants embrace unmanned operations
Minghe Hu / South China Morning Post / Oct. 22, 2020
We’ve been promised driverless cars for years. So why aren’t they on the roads yet?
Daphne Leprince-Ringuet / ZDNet / Oct. 22, 2020
EU sanctions Russia over 2015 German Parliament hack
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet / Oct. 22, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
False politics news in Spanish pits Latino voters against Black Lives Matter
Patricia Mazzei and Jennifer Medina / The New York Times / Oct. 21, 2020
Democrats have a contingency plan if Trump prematurely declares victory, senator says.
Neil Vigdor / The New York Times / Oct. 22, 2020
Teaching kids to spot misinformation on social media — and whether enough is being done to get rid of it
Valerie Strauss / The Washington Post / Oct. 22, 2020
Comics can teach readers how to identify fake news
Erin Steuter / The Conversation / Oct. 22, 2020
Fact check: Fabricated Clint Eastwood quote on endorsing Trump for president
Reuters / Oct. 22, 2020
Fact check: Joe Biden’s proposed tax increase is not the largest in U.S. history
Reuters / Oct. 22, 2020
Fact check: Fabricated Biden quote supports transgender children’s right to transition
Reuters / Oct. 22, 2020
Fact check: Image shows home Joe Biden bought for $185,000 in the mid-1970s
Reuters / Oct. 22, 2020
Fact check: Biden rally in Toledo, Ohio was a drive-in distanced event, not a regular rally
Reuters / Oct. 22, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Supreme Court reinstates Alabama’s ban on curbside voting
Jess Bravin / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 21, 2020
Iowa Supreme Court sides with GOP in absentee ballot requests ruling
Axios / Oct. 21, 2020
Judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit against New Jersey over mail ballots
Reuters / Oct. 22, 2020
In Georgia, long lines to vote — but determined optimism, too
Erin B. Logan / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 22, 2020
After Months of Election Mishaps, Can NYC Pull Off Early Voting?
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / The New York Times / Oct. 22, 2020
‘Daily Show’ to broadcast live on election night
Judy Kurtz / The Hill Oct. 22, 2020
Trump campaign says it didn’t hire armed guards outside Florida polling place
Kaelan Deese / The Hill / Oct. 22, 2020
The New Debate Rules Are a Mistake
David Litt / The Atlantic / Oct. 22, 2020
How Security Features Prevent Vote-by-Mail Misconduct
Lisa Danetz / The Brennan Center for Justice / Oct. 21, 2020
U.S. Postal Service has delivered more than 100 million ballots
David Shepardson / Reuters / Oct. 22, 2020
Mail service deteriorated after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s arrival, watchdog found
Rebecca Smith and Joe Palazzolo / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
How to track your mail-in ballot
Steven Mulroy / The Conversation / Oct. 22, 2020
Mail balloting is fueling historic early voting in the 2020 election
Danny Dougherty and Chad Day / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 22, 2020
International election observers in the U.S. consider this year the most challenging ever
Carol Morello / The Washington Post / Oct. 22, 2020