Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
RSLC launches commission to restore public confidence in elections by making it easier to vote and harder to cheat
Republican State Leadership Committee / Feb. 17, 2021
**This article includes John Merrill who spoke at the USC Election Cybersecurity Alabama workshop.
Report highlights cyber risks to US election systems
Christina Cassidy / The Associated Press / Feb. 10, 2021
The Cybersecurity 202: A top official urged Congress to guarantee election security funding
Tonya Riley The Washington Post / Feb. 17, 2021
Some Florida lawmakers discuss fingerprint voting to ensure safer elections
Dave Elias / NBC / Feb. 17, 2021
Louisiana elections chief asks to resume voting tech search
Melina Deslatte / The Associated Press / Feb. 17, 2021
State election integrity scorecard
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee
Cybersecurity / Technology
Senate Intelligence panel to hold hearing on SolarWinds breach next week
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Feb. 18, 2021
U.S. is investigating SolarWinds hack ‘layer by layer,’ official says
The New York Times / Feb. 17, 2021
White House cyber adviser says it will take months to investigate Russian hack
Christopher Bing / Reuters / Feb. 17, 2021
US charges alleged North Korean hackers with trying to steal $1.3 billion in cybercrime spree
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Feb. 17, 2021
U.S. says threat posed by North Korea cyber activity part of policy review
Reuters / Feb. 17, 2021
Federal cyber agency gets deputy director after months-long vacancy
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Feb. 16, 2021
Tim Maurer takes front office DHS cybersecurity job advising Mayorkas
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Feb. 16, 2021
States push internet privacy rules in lieu of federal standards
David Uberti / The Wall Street Journal / Feb. 18, 2021
The state house versus big tech
Shira Ovide / The New York Times / Feb. 16, 2021
Call for more cybercrime emphasis in state and local grants
Eric Geller / POLITICO / Feb. 16, 2021
Hillicon Valley: TikTok faces more data privacy concerns | Parler is back | North Korean hackers target Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine | Amazon acquires Shopify competitor Selz
Maggie Miller et al. / The Hill / Feb. 16, 2021
How Parler came back online, and what’s next for the social network?
Sarah E. Needleman / The Wall Street Journal / Feb. 17, 2021
Hacker claims to have stolen files belonging to prominent law firm Jones Day
Tawnell D. Hobbs and Sara Randazzo / The Wall Street Journal / Feb. 16, 2021
Unusable and unused vaccine systems hinder Biden’s COVID-19 response
Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop / Feb. 17, 2021
GSA extends login.gov access to states and localities
Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop / Feb. 18, 2021
Top Air Force general champions power of code during software factory visit
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / Feb. 18, 2021
Space Force starts transitioning cybersecurity professionals into its ranks
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / Feb. 16, 2021
Flaw in popular video software Agora could have let eavesdroppers in on private calls
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / Feb. 17, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Facebook’s new look in Australia: news and hospitals out, aliens still in
Damien Cave / The New York Times / Feb. 18, 2021
Google is suddenly paying for news in Australia. What about everywhere else?
Damien Cave / The New York Times / Feb. 17, 2021
Facebook Blocks News in Australia, diverging With Google on Proposed Law
Mike Isaac et al. / The New York Times / Feb. 17, 2021
North Korea turning to cryptocurrency schemes in global heists, U.S. says
Robert McMillan and Aruna Viswanatha / The Wall Street Journal / Feb. 17, 2021
North Korea hacked Pfizer in bid for vaccine data, Seoul says
Jeong-Ho Lee / Bloomberg / Feb. 16, 2021
Myanmar shuts internet again as protest crackdown continues
Khine Lin Kyaw and Philip Heijmans / Bloomberg / Feb. 16, 2021
Aiming to cash in on data, European firms grapple with privacy laws
Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / Feb. 16, 2021
UK lawmaker Knight: ‘bully’ Facebook must back off or face stern action
Reuters / Feb. 18, 2021
China requiring bloggers to obtain government credentials
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill / Feb. 17, 2021
Macron rushes to shore up French cyber defenses after attacks
Ania Nussbaum / Bloomberg / Feb. 18, 2021
Twitter’s clash with India government gives boost to local rival
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg / Feb. 16, 2021
Nigerian man sentenced 10 years for $11 million phishing scam
Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop / Feb. 17, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
House panel to probe conspiracy theories in the news
Thomas Moore / The Hill / Feb. 18, 2021
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs to testify at House hearing on misinformation
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Feb. 18, 2021
Big Tech’s Democratic critics discuss ways to strike back with White House
Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters / Feb. 17, 2021
Groups launch $22 million effort to battle disinformation targeting Latinos
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill / Feb. 18, 2021
Views of big tech firms worsen over past 18 months: poll
Tal Axelrod / The Hill / Feb. 18, 2021
Ex-Trump press secretary criticized for stirring up QAnon on Twitter
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill / Feb.17, 2021
Facebook to debunk climate change myths
Tal Axelrod / The Hill / Feb. 18, 2021
How countries amplify COVID disinformation
Zach Dorfman / Axios / Feb. 17, 2021
As vaccinations lag, Israel combats online misinformation
Isaac Scharf and Ilan Ben Zion / The Associated Press / Feb. 15, 2021
Democracy is weakening right in front of us
Thomas Edsall / The New York Times / Feb. 17, 2021
Disinformation campaign targets Hongkongers seeking U.K. visas
Alberto Nardelli et al. / Bloomberg / Feb. 16, 2021
How governments were left playing catch-up on misinformation
Christopher Knaus / The Guardian / Feb. 17, 2021
UFC president Dana White’s attacks on the media sure seem familiar
Karim Zidan / The Guardian / Feb. 18, 2021
How far right uses video games and tech to lure and radicalise teenage recruits
Mark Townsend / The Guardian / Feb. 14, 2021
Ukrainian minister says ‘information attacks’ hit vaccine buying
Natalia Zinets / Reuters / Feb. 16, 2021
Fact check: Fabricated Nancy Pelosi quote on ‘cold day in hell’
Reuters / Feb. 17, 2021
Fact check: Images of newspaper front pages sharing vaccine misinformation are fake
Reuters / Feb. 17, 2021
Fact check: Biden approved emergency measures in response to Texas freeze
Reuters / Feb. 18, 2021
Elections During a Pandemic
Georgia Senate committee passes legislation seeking to end no-excuse absentee voting
Aris Folley / The Hill / Feb. 18, 2021
Republicans seek to shorten Iowa’s early voting, tighten absentee ballot rules, set criminal charges for county auditors
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register / Feb. 18, 2021
Amid renewed postal service concerns, Kansas legislators weigh tightening mail ballot deadline
Andrew Bahl / Topeka Capital-Journal / Feb. 17, 2021
California Democrats scramble to fight Newsom recall, close ranks
Carla Marinucci / POLITICO / Feb. 18, 2021
Census data delay could freeze Virginia House districts, raises prospect of elections for three
Gregory S. Schneider / The Washington Post / Feb. 17, 2021
Former state GOP chair launches Senate bid in Ohio
James Arkin / POLITICO / Feb. 18, 2021
Ivanka Trump won’t challenge Rubio for Senate seat in 2022
Lexi Lonas / The Hill / Feb. 18, 2021
For better elections, copy the neighbors
Wall Street Journal / Feb. 16, 2021
RNC launches ‘Committee on Election Integrity’
Tal Axelrod / The Hill / Feb. 17, 2021
DSCC names top staffers for 2022 cycle
James Arkin / POLITICO / Feb. 17, 2021
In wake of 2020 election, Democratic senators urge Biden to expand voting rights protections
Amy Gardner / The Washington Post / Feb. 17, 2021
Voting in 2020 was less fraught for disabled voters than in years past
Alexandra Jones / Courthouse News Service / Feb. 17, 202
Myanmar military vows to hold election, hand power to winning party
Justine Coleman / The Hill / Feb. 16, 2021
Putin says Russia needs to safeguard parliamentary elections from foreign meddling
Maria Kiselyova and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber / Reuters / Feb. 17, 2021