Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Bill Barr: No, we won’t be seizing voting machines
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Dec. 21, 2020
Giuliani asks DHS about seizing voting machines
Jonathan Swan / Axios / Dec. 19, 2020
Trump sought to tap Sidney Powell as special counsel for election fraud
Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein / POLITICO / Dec. 19, 2020
What happened to the Democrats who never accepted Bush’s election
Joanna Weiss / POLITICO / Dec. 19, 2020
US sanctions tech company for aiding Maduro election gambit
Joshua Goodman / The Washington Post / Dec. 18, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Barr says Russia appears to be behind massive hack
Laura Kelly / The Hill / Dec. 21, 2020
Pompeo blames Russia for hack as Trump casts doubt on widespread conclusion
Warren P. Strobel / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 19, 2020
Trump contradicts Pompeo over Russia’s role in hack
David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth / The New York Times / Dec. 19, 2020
Close to 200 organizations allegedly hacked by Russia: cybersecurity firm
Jordan Williams / The Hill / Dec. 19, 2020
How U.S. agencies’ trust in untested software opened the door to hackers
Eric Geller / POLITICO / Dec. 19, 2020
Trump’s defense veto would torpedo cyber overhaul amid unfolding hack
Connor O’Brien and Martin Matishak / POLITICO / Dec. 18, 2020
Krebs: US should be ‘cautious’ about escalating cyber war with Russia
John Bowden / The Hill / Dec. 20, 2020
Defense officials push proposal to separate NSA, Cyber Command
Dustin Volz and Gordon Lubold / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 20, 2020
Pentagon plan on cyber split draws strong Hill criticism
Robert Burns / The Associated Press / Dec. 19, 2020
SolarWinds adviser warned of lax security years before hack
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg / Dec. 21, 2020
SolarWinds hack victims: from tech companies to a hospital and university
Kevin Poulsen, Robert McMillan, And Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 21, 2020
Microsoft identifies second hacking group affecting SolarWinds software
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Dec. 21, 2020
The Army’s contract for its next-gen fighting vehicle doesn’t have any requirements
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / Dec. 21, 2020
Experts warn of fake delivery notices impersonating FedEx, UPS, Amazon
Kaelan Deese / The Hill / Dec. 19, 2020
‘This is big’: US lawmakers take aim at once-untouchable big tech
Kari Paul / The Guardian / Dec. 19, 2020
Florida launches investigation into hacking of its servers
Bobby Caina Calvan / The Associated Press / Dec. 18, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
China criticizes Trump suggestion it is behind cyber spying
The Associated Press / Dec. 21, 2020
Report accuses Saudi Arabia, UAE of probably hacking phones of over three dozen journalists in London, Qatar
Miriam Berger / The Washington Post / Dec. 20, 2020
Microsoft, Google, Cisco, VMware join legal battle against hacking company NSO
Raphael Satter / Reuters / Dec. 21, 2020
Hackers’ broad attack sets cyber experts worldwide scrambling to defend networks
Jack Stubbs / Reuters / Dec. 18, 2020
Warning over ‘missed delivery’ parcel scams this Christmas
Miles Brignall / The Guardian / Dec. 19, 2020
China’s online shopping addiction is killing its green packaging drive
Bloomberg / Dec. 20, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Lou Dobbs debunks his own claims of election fraud — after a legal demand from Smartmatic
Jeremy Barr/ The Washington Post / Dec.19, 2020
Right-wing shows air clarifications about “rigged” voting machines after legal threats
Sara Fischer / Axios / Dec. 21, 2020
When disinformation becomes a political strategy, who holds the line?
Oumou Ly / The Hill / Dec. 19, 2020
Exclusive: Nonprofit coalition demands Biden act on misinformation
Ina Fried / Axios / Dec. 21, 2020
Twitter takes on vaccine rollout
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Dec. 21, 2020
Facebook removes anti-vaccine ‘fake news’ in Israel, government says
Dan Williams / Reuters / Dec. 21, 2020
QAnon is still spreading on Facebook, despite a ban.
Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / Dec. 18, 2020
Sky News Australia is increasingly pushing conspiracy theories to a global audience online
Jason Wilson / The Guardian / Dec. 20, 2020
Defamation suits could sink right-wing media
Ben Smith / The New York Times / Dec. 21, 2020
Can a televised vaccination undo months of skepticism?
Jeremy W. Peters / The New York Times / Dec. 18, 2020
Fact check: Fabricated Abrams quote on farmers resurfaces ahead of Georgia runoff
Reuters / Dec. 21, 2020
Fact check: Image of man kissing child does not show Chuck Schumer on Little St. James
Reuters / Dec. 21, 2020
Fact check: COVID-19 vaccines won’t alter recipient DNA; frontline workers have suffered directly from the virus
Reuters / Dec. 21, 2020
Fact check: Tackling false COVID-19 claims in 30-minute doctor compilation video
Reuters / Dec. 21, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
More than 1.4 million Georgians have already voted in the Senate runoffs, rivaling general election turnout
Michelle Ye Hee Lee et al. / The Washington Post / Dec. 21, 2020
Pollsters disappear in Georgia with Senate on the line
Steven Shepard / POLITICO / Dec. 21, 2020
Trump campaign asks Supreme Court to overturn three rulings on Pennsylvania mail-in ballots
Zack Budryk / The Hill / Dec. 21, 2020
Trump returning to Georgia in last-minute push for Republican Senate candidates
Kyle Balluck / The Hill / Dec. 20, 2020
Ivanka Trump postpones campaign events in Georgia
Julia Manchester / The Hill / Dec. 21, 2020
Voting in U.S. got easier in 2020. Will changes remain in next election?
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Dec. 20, 2020