Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
POLITICO Playbook: Can anything change this race?
Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman / POLITICO / Oct. 28, 2020
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The Cybersecurity 202: Trump campaign site hack shows risks of even low-grade election interference
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Oct. 28, 2020
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Election Cybersecurity
Rubio warns that election interference may ramp up around Election Day
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 28, 2020
Florida man arrested for tampering with governor’s voter registration
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Oct. 28, 2020
Hacker releases Georgia county election data after ransom not paid
Tawnell D. Hobbs / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
“Perception hacks” and other potential threats to the election
David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth / The New York Times / Oct. 28, 2020
Maze ransomware is an Election Night threat
Calvin Hennick / StateTech Magazine / Oct. 28, 2020
How overhyping became an election meddling tool
Zach Dorfman / Axios / Oct. 28, 2020
Zuckerberg: We can’t stop Russian interference in elections
Bloomberg Markets / Bloomberg / Oct. 28, 2020
Russian in Cyprus was behind key parts of discredited dossier on Trump
Alan Cullison and David Gauthier-Villars / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Facebook glitch wipes out hundreds of US election adverts
Laurence Dodds / The Telegraph / Oct. 28, 2020
U.S. cybersecurity has “upped its game” since 2016, says expert
Bloomberg Technology / Bloomberg / Oct. 28, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
Frank Bajak / The Associated Press News / Oct. 28, 2020
Covid-19 pandemic highlights AI’s short-term faults, long-term potential
Angus Loten / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Lawmakers urge next administration to focus on cybersecurity
James Rundle and David Uberti / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Spy agency ducks questions about ‘back doors’ in tech products
Joseph Menn / Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Breakingviews – Big Tech backlash will hurt Little Tech more
Jennifer Saba and Gina Chon / Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Section 230: The little law that defined how the Internet works
Rachel Lerman / The Washington Post / Oct. 28, 2020
Twitter CEO’s Section 230 ‘expansion’ ideas add to signs tech may be open to changes
Cristiano Lima / POLITICO / Oct. 28, 2020
The Technology 202: Twitter’s Jack Dorsey returns to a more hostile Congress
Cat Zakrzewski and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Oct. 28, 2020
To do politics or not do politics? Tech start-ups are divided
Erin Griffith and Nathaniel Popper / The New York Times / Oct. 28, 2020
Cyber Daily: Trump vs. Biden on key security, privacy issues; Fraud-detection startup NS8 heads to bankruptcy court
The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Smart Cities Connect 2020: Resolving big data challenges key to smart city success
Mickey McCarter / StateTech Magazine / Oct. 28, 2020
Educause outlines universities’ 3 pandemic recovery options in annual report
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Oct. 28, 2020
How chatbots are helping university students stay on track
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Oct. 28, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
If you play videogames, China may be spying on you
Dave Aitel and Jordan Schneider / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Microsoft: Iranian hacking group targeting attendees of major international security conferences
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 28, 2020
Munich security conference attendees targeted with Iran-linked spearphishing, Microsoft says
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / Oct. 28, 2020
Apple faces antitrust complaint in France over privacy changes in iPhones
Keach Hagey and Patience Haggin / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
German infectious disease agency hit by hackers days before arson attack: Spiegel
Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
With social media chatbots, Indonesia braces for monsoon floods
Michael Taylor / Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng steers clear of robotaxis, says self-driving trucks more likely to succeed
Che Pan / South China Morning Post / Oct. 28, 2020
Google steps up campaign against EU push for tough new tech rules
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Jack Ma’s Yunfeng Capital leads US$315 million funding round for industrial e-commerce firm ZKH
Minghe Hu / South China Morning Post / Oct. 28, 2020
What economic recovery? China’s delivery drivers just along for the ride as other opportunities remain elusive
Orange Wang et al. / South China Morning Post / Oct. 28, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Misleading messages to Mendham voters follow nationwide trend of election misinformation
Genesis Obando / NJ Spotlight / Oct. 28, 2020
FBI warning played a role in Facebook downplaying NY Post report, Zuckerberg says
Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Facebook missteps stoke fears of long political ad blackout online
Elena Schneider and Zach Montellaro / POLITICO / Oct. 28, 2020
Twitter CEO: Iranian leader’s ‘saber rattling’ doesn’t violate our policies
John Hendel / POLITICO / Oct. 28, 2020
New ‘Media Manipulation Casebook’ from Harvard teaches how to detect misinformation campaigns
Valerie Strauss / The Washington Post / Oct. 28, 2020
On Twitter, bots spread conspiracy theories and QAnon talking points
Emilio Ferrara / The Conversation / Oct. 28, 2020
QAnon learns to survive — and even thrive — after Silicon Valley’s crackdown
Craig Timberg and Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Washington Post / Oct. 28, 2020
4 years after getting hacked, DNC girds for “messy” disinformation season
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / Oct. 28, 2020
Social media CEOs grilled about bias, misinformation and censorship
Bria Contreras / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 28, 2020
Cantwell tries to refocus hearing on misinformation, local news
Steven Overly / POLITICO / Oct. 28, 2020
Fact check: Virginia governor’s 2019 comments about abortionn bill are missing context
Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Fact check: Colorado COVID-19 restrictions will not hinder voting
Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Fact check: Screenshot does not show a real Snopes article
Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Fact check: Fabricated Clint Eastwood quote on voting against Biden
Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Fact check: Gas prices shown in photograph do not correspond to Obama and Trump administrations
Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Fact check: Biden was quoting Pope Francis in edited clip shared by Trump campaign
Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
In Colorado, voting by mail was practiced well before coronavirus
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Bucks Co. scrambles to handle last-day early voting crowds
Doug Gross / Patch / Oct. 28, 2020
New York City’s board of elections faces calls for overhaul
Katie Honan / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Hotel Figueroa has long stood up for women. Now it will be a voting center too
Mary Forgione / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 28, 2020
Inside Uber and DoorDash’s push to win the most expensive ballot race in California history
Preetika Rana and Christine Mai-Duc / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
WilCo Elections Chief: There are no mail-in drop-off ‘boxes’
Tony Cantu / Patch / Oct. 28, 2020
Young people are driving record voting in Texas and other states
James Rainey and Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 28, 2020
Too hard to vote? Fired-up Black voters are doing it anyway
Joseph Tanfani and Michael Martina / Reuters / Oct. 28, 2020
As COVID-19 roars back in U.S., Trump stages rallies in Arizona
Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Union-linked group spending big to target swing states on Facebook
Mark Scott and Zach Montellaro / POLITICO / Oct. 28, 2020
‘Ripe for error’: Ballot signature verification is flawed — and a big factor in the election
Maya Lau and Laura J. Nelson / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 28, 2020
Judge orders USPS to reverse mail collection limits now
Colby Bermel / POLITICO / Oct. 27, 2020
Millions of mail ballots have not been returned as window closes for Postal Service delivery
Derek Hawkins and Jacob Bogage / The Washington Post / Oct. 28, 2020
Military and family members: It’s not too late to vote by absentee ballot!
Karen Jowers / Military Times / Oct. 28, 2020
Americans living and serving overseas could tilt the 2020 election – if only they voted
Monica Duffy Toft / The Conversation / Oct. 28, 2020
Don’t panic if you missed the mail-in ballot deadline. Here’s how to make sure your vote counts
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone / Oct. 28, 2020
Late donor surges push election spending projections to new heights
Reid Wilson / The Hill / Oct. 28, 2020
Election 2020 voting challenges: Early-voting waits, mail ballots and court battles
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Early voting shines spotlight on consolidated voting-equipment market
Chris Cumming / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 28, 2020
Millions vote in Bihar in shadow of coronavirus
Saurabh Sharma / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020