Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Officials see few security issues as voters go to the polls in Georgia
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Jan. 5, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
The Cybersecurity 202: Riot in the Capitol is a nightmare scenario for cybersecurity professionals
Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Jan. 7, 2021
Capitol Hill riot exposes Congress’s operational and cybersecurity frailties
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Jan. 7, 2021
U.S. intelligence community says Russia is ‘likely’ behind major cyberhacks of federal agencies
Ellen Nakashima / The Washington Post / Jan. 5, 2021
Trump Administration says Russia likely behind massive SolarWinds hack
Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / Jan. 5, 2021
Federal courts are latest apparent victim of SolarWinds hack
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Jan. 7, 2021
U.S. Justice Department says its emails were breached by SolarWinds hackers
Raphael Satter / Reuters / Jan. 6, 2021
Widely used software company may be entry point for huge U.S. hacking
Nicole Perlroth, David Sanger and Julian Barnes / The New York Times / Jan. 6, 2021
U.S.: Evidence of spying found at fewer than 10 agencies hit by massive hack
Eric Geller / POLITICO / Jan. 5, 2021
Biden taps intelligence veteran for new White House cybersecurity role
Natasha Bertrand / POLITICO / Jan. 6, 2021
Biden transition team names White House tech officials
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / Jan. 5, 2021
Trump administration rolls out plan to secure maritime sector against cyber threats
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Jan. 5, 2021
Online extremists raise fears of violence over presidential election results
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Jan. 6, 2021
Cyber agency rebuffed DHS request for businesses’ data
Eric Geller and Daniel Lippman / POLITICO / Jan. 5, 2021
Russian in massive JPMorgan hack gets 12 Years in prison
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg / Jan. 7, 2020
Cyber Daily: Europe’s consumers seek resolution in Google privacy case | security, disinformation issues amid Washington tumult
The Wall Street Journal / Jan. 7, 2021
The Army looks to pave way for autonomous vehicles with new AI research
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / Jan. 6, 2021
Is your boss spying on you?
Anushka Asthana with Alex Hern / The Guardian / Jan. 5, 2021
For cybersecurity, people are the new perimeter
Sean Berg / FedScoop / Jan.6, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
For Chinese firms, theft of your data is now a legal requirement
Bradley A. Thayer / The Hill / Jan. 7, 2021
Xi’s Push against Jack Ma sparks new threat for China tech
Colum Murphy and Jing Li / Bloomberg / Jan. 6, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
Experts: Capitol riot product of years of hateful rhetoric
Michael Kunzelman and Amanda Seitz / The Associated Press / Jan. 7, 2020
Some on right blame antifa, not Trump, for mob at Capitol
Jordin Williams / The Hill / Jan. 7, 2021
Even as Romney demanded honesty, Fox News and Trump allies were spreading new disinformation
Philip Bump / The Washington Post / Jan. 6, 2021
The Cybersecurity 202: The biggest threat to the Georgia runoff may be Trump
Tonya Riley / The Washington Post / Jan. 5, 2021
The Technology 202: ‘You’ve got blood on your hands’: Silicon Valley’s reckoning is here
Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / Jan. 7, 2021
Facebook bans Trump through end of his term
Mike Isaac and Kate Conger / The New York Times / Jan. 7, 2021
Facebook bans Trump indefinitely; risks ‘simply too great,’ Zuckerberg says
Joe Warminsky / CyberScoop / Jan. 7, 2021
Trump suspended indefinitely from Facebook amid pressure on social media to clamp down
Sarah Needleman / The Wall Street Journal / Jan. 7, 2021
Facebook, Twitter act on Trump’s false messaging after violence at Capitol
Joe Warminsky / CyberScoop / Jan. 7, 2021
Twitter locks Trump out over election fraud tweets amid Capitol siege
Ina Fried / Axios / Jan. 7, 2021
YouTube will suspend, ban accounts violating policies following ‘disturbing’ Capitol riot
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Jan. 7, 2021
YouTube briefly suspends Murdoch-backed UK radio station
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / Jan. 5, 2021
Twitter permanently removes pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood from platform
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Jan. 7, 2021
Trump organization, campaign stores taken down by Shopify
Lexi Lonas / The Hill / Jan. 7, 2021
Trump issues order banning transactions with 8 Chinese apps
Brett Samuels / The Hill / Jan. 5, 2021
Facebook again clamping down on political ads
Tal Axlerod / The Hill/ Jan. 6, 2021
Watch out for this misinformation when Congress meets to certify the election.
Alba Davey and Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / Jan. 6, 2021
A Georgia election official debunked Trump’s claims of voter fraud, point by point.
Maggie Astor / The New York Times / Jan. 4, 2021
Krebs says Trump ‘fanned the flames’ of election disinformation with video
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Jan. 6, 2020
Georgia election officials slap down Trump tweet about voting machines
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Jan. 5, 2021
On Tech: Trump. Twitter. QAnon. Who’s to blame?
Shira Ovide / The New York Times / Jan. 7, 2021
Fact check: A New York printing company that burned down was not under investigation for making fake voting ballots
Reutters / Jan. 4, 2021
Fact check: Vote drop for Perdue in Georgia Senate race due to data entry errors in two counties
Reuters / Jan. 6, 2021
Misinformation ‘superspreaders’: Covid vaccine falsehoods still thriving on Facebook and Instagram
Lois Beckett / The Guardian / Jan. 6, 2021
Elections During a Pandemic
Virginia voters elect Democrats to fill two vacant delegate seats in special elections
Antonio Olivo / The Washington Post / Jan. 5, 2021
Georgia Senate Runoffs: What to Watch For
Reid Epstein et al.l / The New York Times / Jan. 5, 2021
Georgia Senate wins by Democrats followed years of party organizing
Joshua Jamerson et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Jan. 6, 2021
Georgia Democrats surpass recount margins; GOP duo won’t concede
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg / Jan. 7, 2021
Warnock Beats Loeffler in Georgia Senate
Jonathan Martin and Richard Fausset / The New York Times / Jan. 5, 2021
Georgia elections chief refutes election claims in letter to Congress
Max Greenwood / The Hill / Jan. 7, 2021
Hawley to still object to Pennsylvania after Capitol breached
Jordain Carney / The Hill / Jan. 6, 2021
Third House lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19 this week
Christina Marcos / The Hill / Jan. 7, 2021
Attorney withdraws from election challenge lawsuit, saying Trump used him to ‘perpetrate a crime’
Harper Neidig / The Hill / Jan. 7, 2021
U.S. Congress certifies enough Electoral College votes to give Biden victory
Reuters / Jan. 7, 2021
After Pro-Trump mob storms capitol, Congress confirms Biden’s win
Nicholas Fandos and Emily Cochrane / The New York Times / Jan. 6, 2021
Congress certifies Joe Biden’s election win following day of turmoil
Lindsay Wise, Andrew Duehren, and Siobhan Hughes / The Wall Street Journal / Jan. 7, 2021