Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity 202: The cybersecurity stories that rocked 2020 will pose even bigger challenges in 2021
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Dec. 18, 2020
Will Officials Heed the Election Security Lessons of 2020?
Lucas Ropek / Government Technology / Dec. 15, 2020
The Cybersecurity 202: Democrats and Republicans are ending 2020 as far apart as ever on election security
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Dec. 17, 2020
Trump Spy Chief Stirs Dispute Over China Election-Meddling Views
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg / Dec. 17, 2020
Lawmakers Scrap $500 Million in State Election Security Grants
Billy House / Bloomberg / Dec. 17, 2020
Facebook Shares New 2020 Election Report With Biden, Trump Teams
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg / Dec. 18, 2020
Cybersecurity Official Fired by Trump Says U.S. Election Was Secure
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 16, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Federal government finds evidence hackers used multiple methods to access agency networks
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Dec. 17, 2020
Hack Suggests New Scope, Sophistication for Cyberattacks
Dustin Volz and Robert McMillan / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 17, 2020
More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of ‘Grave Risk’ to U.S. Government
David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth / The New York Times / Dec. 17, 2020
The Russian hack shows that our problem isn’t technology. It’s whom we trust.
Ben Buchanan / The Washington Post / Dec. 16, 2020
The U.S. government spent billions on a system for detecting hacks. The Russians outsmarted it.
Craig Timberg and Ellen Nakashima / The Washington Post / Dec. 15, 2020
Computer Hack Blamed on Russia Tests Limits of U.S. Response
Warren P. Strobel / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 18, 2020
Energy Dept., nuclear agency breached as part of massive cyberattack
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Dec. 17, 2020
House Armed Services is paying more attention to cybersecurity — after big hack
Kadia Goba / Axios / Dec. 17, 2020
Microsoft says systems were exposed in massive SolarWinds hack
Jordan Willams / The Hill / Dec. 18, 2020
Senators request IRS briefing on SolarWinds hack
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill / Dec. 17, 2020
Senate bill would modernize government response to agency cyberattacks
Sara Wilson / FedScoop / Dec. 17, 2020
Bill That Trump Is Vowing to Veto Strengthens Hacking Defenses, Lawmakers Say
Julian E. Barnes / The New York Times / Dec. 18, 2020
When Fancy Bear isn’t so Fancy: APT group’s ‘crude’ methods continue to work
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Dec. 18, 2020
Facebook launches ads criticizing new Apple privacy changes
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Dec. 16, 2020
Facebook, Google’s quintet of antitrust suits
Leah Nylen / POLITICO / Dec. 18, 2020
Open data: A critical tool for the new administration’s COVID-19 strategy
Matt Rumsey and Temilola Afolabi / FedScoop / Dec. 17, 2020
CISA, DIU partner on acquiring commercial technologies
Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop / Dec. 17, 2020
Air Force to test flying cars in early 2021.
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / Dec. 18, 2020
Air Force flies surveillance simulation with AI copilot for the first time
Sara Wilson / FedScoop / Dec. 18, 2020
Breaking the cycle: Modernizing the federal payroll systems
Emily Murphy / FedScoop / Dec.17, 2020
PlayStation 5 Scalpers Use Bots to Hunt Down Scarce Consoles
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg / Dec. 17, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Putin deflects interference allegations with own claims of U.S. efforts to undermine Moscow
Isabelle Khurshudyan / The Washington Post / Dec. 17, 2020
Man really did hack Trump’s Twitter account by guessing password, ‘maga2020!,’ Dutch prosecutors say
Miriam Berger / The Washington Post / Dec. 17, 2020
Twitter fined nearly $550,000 in Europe for response to bug that exposed private tweets
Joe Warminsky / CyberScoop / Dec. 15, 2020
People affiliated with French military used Facebook to meddle in Africa
Craig Timberg and Elizabeth Dwoskin / The Washington Post / Dec. 16, 2020
The Technology 202: Europe’s proposed digital rules target Amazon, Facebook and other big tech companies
Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / Dec. 16, 2020
Companies may face 2% fine for breaching EU cybersecurity rules
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters / Dec. 16, 2020
Google rejects plan to make it pay for news in Australia despite law being watered down
Ben Butler / The Guardian / Dec. 17, 2020
Chinese tech firm increases stake in Universal Music to 20%
Mark Sweney / The Guardian / Dec. 18, 2020
Openreach to hire 5,000 engineers to bolster broadband rollout
Mark Sweney / The Guardian / Dec. 18, 2020
190,000 UK properties can’t access broadband speeds to meet modern needs
Mark Sweney / The Guardian / Dec. 17, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
YouTube faces complaints of lax approach on overseas election misinformation
Fanny Potkin / Reuter / Dec. 17, 2020
Twitter unveils effort to reduce ‘toxic’ tweets
John Bowden / The Hill / Dec. 17, 2020
Dominion Voting demands Sidney Powell retract “baseless” election claims
Orlana Gonzalez / Axios / Dec. 17, 2020
From Voter Fraud to Vaccine Lies: Misinformation Peddlers Shift Gears
Davey Alba and Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / Dec. 16, 2020
Facebook lifts political ad ban for Georgia runoffs
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / Dec. 15, 2020
Facebook, Twitter Undo Changes Meant to Curb Vote Misinformation
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg / Dec. 16, 2020
Fake accounts posing as GOP leaders on Parler are selling Trump hats and CBD oil: report
Joseph Choi / The Hill / Dec. 16, 2020
CNN parent refuses to run Trump ads over election fraud claims: report
John Bowden / The Hill / Dec. 15, 2020
Twitter to Take Down False Claims About Covid-19 Vaccines
Georgia Wells / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 16, 2020
As Georgia Runoff Looms, a Controversial Video Seeds Threats
Kevin Poulsen / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 18, 2020
Michael Flynn tells Newsmax that Georgia runoffs are ‘fake elections’
Jordan Willams / The Hill / Dec. 18, 2020
Poland, Lithuania are targets of cyber disinformation attack
The Associated Press / Dec. 15, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Daily reported coronavirus deaths dropped in Florida ahead of election: report
Jordan Willams / The Hill / Dec. 16, 2020
Georgia sets new voting record for runoffs
Max Greenwood / The Hill / Dec. 18, 2020
Georgia’s Audit of Ballot Signatures
The Editorial Board / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 16, 2020
Georgia to Review Mail-in Ballot Signatures to Boost Confidence in Elections
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 15, 2020
Legislative survey shows deep GOP divide on election
Reid Wilson / The Hill / Dec. 18, 2020