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Election Cybersecurity
After a quiet election night on the cyber front, officials preach vigilance as results come in
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Nov. 4, 2020
Initial signs point to surprisingly hack-free election, but risks remain
Eric Geller / POLITICO / Nov. 4, 2020
The Cybersecurity 202: The 2020 election is far more secure than four years ago. But experts are still eyeing these five things.
Joseph Marks and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Nov. 3, 2020
The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. officials see no evidence of hacking of American voting systems
Joseph Marks and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Nov. 4, 2020
‘Sneakernet’ helps election officials process results
Jared Council / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 3, 2020
Tech platforms’ last-minute election rule changes raise risks
Sara Fischer and Ashley Gold / Axios / Nov. 3, 2020
How the internet became election ground zero
Scott Rosenberg / Axios / Nov. 4, 2020
DHS says no evidence foreign power could have tampered with U.S. vote
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
U.S. cyber command expands operations to hunt hackers from Russia, Iran and China
Julian E. Barnes / The New York Times / Nov. 4, 2020
U.S. undertook cyber operation against Iran as part of effort to secure the 2020 election
Ellen Nakashima / The Washington Post / Nov. 3, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Phone and email scammers have pivoted during the pandemic. Here’s how to protect yourself.
Laura Daily / The Washington Post / Nov. 4, 2020
The Technology 202: Here’s how Silicon Valley may rise — or fall — to today’s crucial election test
Cat Zakrzewski and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Nov. 3, 2020
The Technology 202: The wait for election results is an unprecedented test for Silicon Valley
Cat Zakrzewski and Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Nov. 4, 2020
Tech ran from politics, but couldn’t hide
Sara Fischer, Ashley Gold, and Kyle Daly / Axios / Nov. 3, 2020
TikTok shutdown argued before federal judge
John D. McKinnon / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 4, 2020
Uber and Lyft’s victory lap may be fleeting
Laura Forman / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 4, 2020
How Microsoft is future proofing against cyber risk
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop / Nov. 3, 2020
Ransomware attacks hit U.S. hospitals
Zach Dorfman / Axios / Nov. 4, 2020
CISA begins work on national network of cyber technical institutes
Dave Nyczepir / WorkScoop / Nov. 3, 2020
Security transformation is about more than technology
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop / Nov. 3, 2020
Mayors prioritize investments in tech amid pandemic
Phil Goldstein / StateTech Magazine / Nov. 3, 2020
Russian hacker jailed over botnet data scraping scheme that drained victim bank accounts
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet / Nov. 3, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
“Absurd!’: How Chinese state-run media covered the US elections
Sebastian Skov Andersen and Joyce Leung / VICE Media / Nov. 4, 2020
TikTok owner ByteDance relaunches online health care apps amid restructuring
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / Nov. 3, 2020
‘You may be hacked’ and other things doctors should tell you
Maximilian Kiener / The Conversation / Nov. 3, 2020
How is Singapore armoring up to COVID-19 at its airports?
Preetipadma / Analytics Insight / Nov. 3, 2020
Brazil’s Telefonica sells cyber security firm for $20 million
Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
Live streaming may be booming in China in a post-pandemic world but only a few make it to the big leagues
Sidney Leng, Tracy Qu, and Iris Deng / South China Morning Post / Nov. 4, 2020
Hong Kong bans retail trading of digital currencies, requires crypto exchanges to be licensed in crackdown on fraud, money-laundering
Enoch Yiu and Georgina Lee / South China Morning Post / Nov. 3, 2020
What China’s clampdown on online microlending means for fintech giant Ant Group
Alison Tudor-Ackroyd / South China Morning Post / Nov. 3, 2020
China keeps 20 per cent sales target for home-grown electric cars by 2025, calling controversial industrial plan by another name
Daniel Ren / South China Morning Post / Nov. 3, 2020
China’s UnionPay partners with Korean payment firm for new virtual card
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post / Nov. 4, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Feds, election officials investigating spree of misleading robocalls
Zach Montellaro and John Hendel / POLITICO / Nov. 3, 2020
Officials on watch for disinformation if 2020 election results are delayed
David Uberti / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 3, 2020
Social media has met the enemy, and it’s us
Nancy Scola / POLITICO / Nov. 3, 2020
Twitter, Facebook suspend some accounts as U.S. election misinformation spreads online
Joseph Menn and Katie Paul / Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
TikTok is becoming a vector of election violence rumors
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone / Nov. 3, 2020
Twitter suspends fake Associated Press accounts that made bogus U.S. election calls
Raphael Satter / Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Fake Twitter accounts posing as news organizations prematurely declare election victories
Dustin Volz et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 4, 2020
Voter suppression misinformation spikes on Election Day
Ashley Gold and Sara Fischer / Axios / Nov. 3, 2020
Silicon Valley braces for election misinformation after Trump’s false victory claim
Steven Overly / POLITICO / Nov. 4, 2020
Twitter, Facebook label Trump posts on Pennsylvania mail-in ballots
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Nov. 3, 2020
Twitter slaps warning on prominent Democrats’ tweets prematurely claiming Biden wins
Cristiano Lima / POLITICO / Nov. 4, 2020
Facebook labels posts by U.S. presidential candidates with vote count warning
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
QAnon’s danger rises with divisive election
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / Nov. 3, 2020
QAnon proponent Marjorie Taylor Greene wins Georgia House race
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Nov. 4, 2020
How to spot fake social media accounts and internet trolls
Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 3, 2020
Disinformation is a bell that can’t be unrung
Zach Dorfman / Axios / Nov. 4, 2020
Twitter labels Trump tweet about ‘surprise ballot dumps’ as possibly disputed and misleading
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Facebook, Twitter grapple with Trump’s false election claims
Georgia Wells and Deepa Seetharaman / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 4, 2020
Twitter, Facebook fail to corral Trump’s misinformation about U.S. vote count
Elizabeth Culliford et al. / Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Fact check: Letters giving COVID-19 quarantine orders are not linked to Pennsylvania election race
Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
Fact check: Residents of Queens Village, New York have not received pre-filled-out ballots for Joe Biden
Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
Fact check: Biden campaign manager, in saying ‘under no scenario will Trump be elected victor on election night’, was referring to likely election outcome delays, not rejecting the democratic process
Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
Fact check: Instagram user claiming to have ‘thrown out over a hundred ballots for Trump’ in Erie, Pennsylvania is not a poll worker
Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
Fact check: Clarifying video of poll watcher being turned away in Philadelphia
Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
Fact check: Philadelphia did not stop counting votes on the night of November 3
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Fact check: TV screen showing election outcome is not authentic news alert
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Fact check: Wisconsin did not have more votes than people registered
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
‘Sharpiegate’ allegations fuel unproven claims of voter fraud in Arizona
Mimi Dwyer and Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Fact check: Virginia election officers did not take ballots home with them on Election Night
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Fact check: Photo does not show drunk Kamala Harris throwing up in bushes and staggering around
Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
Fact check: Video makes multiple false claims about COVID-19 pandemic
Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
European leaders react with caution as Trump falsely claims victory
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian / Nov. 4, 2020
Twitter permanently suspends conspiracy theorist David Icke’s account
PA Media / The Guardian / Nov. 3, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
New Yorkers casting election day ballots experience short wait times
Stephanie Yang and Emma Tucker / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 3, 2020
Philadelphia city officials still counting ballots, no timeline
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Democrats return nearly three times as many mail-in ballots as Republicans in Pennsylvania
Holly Otterbein / POLITICO / Nov. 3, 2020
Judge skeptical of ballot counting challenge in suburban Philadelphia county
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
NC to delay results after extending voting hours at four locations due to technical issues
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Nov. 3, 2020
North Carolina election results won’t change for a week: officials
Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Georgia election official: Machine glitch caused by last-minute vendor upload
Kim Zetter / POLITICO / Nov. 4, 2020
More Georgia equipment problems delayed absentee ballot count
Kim Zetter / POLITICO / Nov. 4, 2020
Burst pipe delays Atlanta absentee vote counting
Jacqueline Feldscher / POLITICO / Nov. 3, 2020
Orange County investigates report of fake polling site, complete with ‘I Voted’ stickers
Adam Elmahrek / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 3, 2020
Mail-in ballots flagged for rejection hit 21,000; Black, Latino voters rejected at higher rate
Matt Stiles et al. / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 3, 2020
California voters projected to back gig worker ballot measure
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios / Nov. 4, 2020
California voters approve Prop. 24, ushering in new rules for online privacy
Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 3, 2020
Braving coronavirus and long waits, U.S. citizens cross the Mexican border to vote
Wendy Fry / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 3, 2020
Harris County in Texas closing 9 out of 10 drive-through voting sites on November 3
Ernest Scheyder / Reuters / Nov. 2, 2020
Federal judge slams U.S. Postal Service and orders search for mail ballots in Texas facilities
Maya Lau and Laura J. Nelson / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 4, 2020
Hard-hit El Paso finds coronavirus doesn’t respect elections or borders
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 4, 2020
Forget the exit polls, watch Florida, ignore Pennsylvania
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic / Nov. 3, 2020
Some voters face long lines in key election 2020 battleground states
The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 3, 2020
Why are election results taking so long? State-by-state look at electoral votes
WSJ Staff / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 5, 2020
Judge orders sweep of postal facilities after 300,000 mail ballots not shown as delivered
Maya Lau and Laura J. Nelson / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 3, 2020
Postal service tells U.S. judge it cannot complete sweep for delayed ballots by deadline
David Shepardson / Reuters / Nov. 3, 2020
In a hot election, the cool-headed Associated Press takes center stage
Katie Robertson / The New York Times / Nov. 2, 2020
Election Day voting opens with some lines, scattered glitches and ample anxiety across the nation
Amy Gardner, Elise Viebeck, and Michelle Ye Hee Lee / The Washington Post / Nov. 3, 2020
Scoop: Generals privately brief news anchors, promise no military role in election
Jonathan Swan / Axios / Nov. 3, 2020
Editorial: The day we’ve been waiting for is not election day
The Times Editorial Board / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 3, 2020
How coronavirus changed election 2020 voting and polling stations
Jim Carlton / The Wall Street Journal / Nov. 3, 2020
Voting in the time of coronavirus: Some tips to cast your ballot safely
Luke Money / Los Angeles Times / Nov. 3, 2020
After dire warnings, Election Day voting issues are ‘isolated and sporadic’
Kyle Cheney and Zach Montellaro / POLITICO / Nov. 3, 2020
Breakingviews – U.S. election jam bolsters Big Tech as safe haven
Neil Unmack and George Hay / Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
What the polls show, and the press missed, again
Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review / Nov. 4, 2020
Don’t be fooled: the delays in the US election result mean our system is working
Lawrence Douglas / The Guardian / Nov. 4, 2020
Explainer: What might happen if U.S. election result is disputed?
Joseph Ax / Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
History tells us that a contested election won’t destroy American democracy
Alexander Cohen / The Conversation / Nov. 4, 2020
As America counts, the world holds its breath for U.S. election outcome
Luke Baker et al. / Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020
Anxiety, suspicion exacerbate U.S. post-election uncertainty
Michael Martina et al. / Reuters / Nov. 4, 2020