Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
USC’s nationwide cybersecurity training
Elex Michaelson / FOX 11 / Jun. 17, 2021
Election Cybersecurity
County approves purchase of Dominion voting machines
Shawn Yorks / Chiefland Citizen / Jun. 23, 2021
Michigan Senate finds no evidence of fraud in 2020 election
Jordan Williams / The Hill / Jun. 23, 2021
House panel includes $500 million election security grant in proposed appropriations bill
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Jun. 23, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
Biden, senators agree to roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan
Andrew Duehren et al. / The Wall Street Journal / Jun. 24, 2021
The Cybersecurity 202: Defense contractors are yet another sector highly vulnerable to hacking, study finds
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Jun. 22, 2021
The Cybersecurity 202: The NSA wants to collaborate with industry in a major institutional shift
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Jun. 23, 2021
Hush-Hush NSA lifts veil on how businesses help fight hacks
William Turton / Bloomberg / Jun. 23, 2021
House passes bill to bolster state plans to ward off infrastructure attacks
Cristina Marcos / The Hill / Jun. 22, 2021
Industry matters when assessing cyber risk to the defense industrial base
Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop / Jun. 22, 2021
A plan to label companies vulnerable to hacking is set to spark debate on Capitol Hill
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Jun. 22, 2021
The Cybersecurity 202: Chris Krebs sees a big future for CISA
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Jun. 24, 2021
FBI asks Congress for $40M to help combat wave of ransomware attacks
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Jun. 23, 2021
Big Tech antitrust bills pass first major hurdle in House, even as opposition grows
Rachel Lerman / The Washington Post / Jun. 24, 2021
Apple puts antitrust bills in privacy spotlight
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios / Jun. 23, 2021
Cyber agency says SolarWinds hack could have been deterred by simple security measures
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Jun. 21, 2021
US Cyber Command leads competition in effort to strengthen nation’s cybersecurity
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Jun. 22, 2021
Google delays effort to phase out cookies by two years
Sara Fischer / Axios / Jun. 24, 2021
Transmit Security raises $543 million for password-free future
Monica Greig / Bloomberg / Jun. 22, 2021
GSA creates $2.1B contract for NOAA’s IT
Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop / Jun. 23, 2021
Navy looks to onboard 472,000 users to new virtual environment by end of September
Billy Mitchell / FedScoop / Jun. 24, 2021
DOD looks to boost cloud capabilities on foreign soil
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / Jun. 22, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Polish intelligence agencies link cyberattack to Russia
The Associated Press / Jun. 22, 2021
App taps unwitting users abroad to gather open-source intelligence
Byron Tau / The Wall Street Journal / Jun. 24, 2021
U.S. blocks some solar materials made in Xinjiang region
Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg / Jun. 24, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
Michigan republicans debunk voter fraud claims in unsparing report
Reid J. Epstein / The New York Times / Jun. 23, 2021
Tension grips Michigan as Trump’s election attacks continue to reverberate
Tom Hamburger / The Washington Post / Jun. 23, 2021
Team Trump’s Facebook ads circumvent ban
Lachlan Markay / Axios / Jun. 22, 2021
Court suspends Giuliani’s law license, citing Trump election lies
Nicole Hong and Ben Protess / The New York Times / Jun. 24, 2021
Pelosi announces select committee will investigate Jan. 6 attack
Sarah Ferris and Nicholas Wu / POLITICO / Jun. 24, 2021
Congress is investigating whether the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan was a covid-19 superspreader event
Josh Rogin / The Washington Post / Jun. 23, 2021
U.S. says Peru’s contested election was ‘model of democracy’
Maria Cervantes / Bloomberg / Jun. 22, 2021
Rights group: Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda
Barbera Ortutay / The Associated Press / Jun. 22, 2021
Hungary’s foreign minister defends law limiting LGBT rights
Justin Spike / The Associated Press / Jun. 22, 2021
US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
Isabel Debre and Eric Tucker / The Associated Press / Jun. 23, 2021
US seizes more than 30 websites connected to Iran, alleging disinformation and sanctions violations
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop / Jun. 23, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
N.Y. City Council is set for a complete overhaul in primary election
Michael Gold / The New York Times / Jun. 22, 2021
5 takeaways from the New York City mayoral primary.
Shane Goldmacher / The New York Times / Jun. 23, 2021
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang concedes in NYC mayoral race
Joseph Ax / Reuters / Jun. 22, 2021
Manhattan District Attorney race reaches the finish line
Deanna Paul / The Wall Street Journal / Jun. 23, 2021
India Walton stuns longtime incumbent in Buffalo mayoral primary.
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / The New York Times / Jun. 23, 2021
First-time Tennessee voters must vote in person again, appeals court rules
Mariah Timms / Nashville Tennessean / Jun. 23, 2021
House overrides Scott veto of voting rights for noncitizens
Kevin McCallum / Seven Days / Jun. 23, 2021
Tom Perez, former D.N.C. chairman, begins campaign for governor of Maryland.
Reid J. Epstein / The New York Times / Jun. 23, 2021
California Governor to face recall, second in state history
Romy Varghese / Bloomberg / Jun. 23, 2021
Senate GOP holds firm in opposing statehood for nation’s capital
Jarrell Dillard / Bloomberg / Jun. 22, 2021
The pandemic changed how we vote. These states are making the changes permanent.
Zach Montellaro / POLITICO / Jun. 22, 2021
States across the country are dropping barriers to voting, widening a stark geographic divide in ballot access
Elise Viebeck / The Washington Post / Jun. 23, 2021
Why democrats are reluctantly making voter ID laws a bargaining chip
Jonathan Weisman and Nick Corasaniti / The New York Times / Jun. 23, 2021
Defense contractors ramp up donations to GOP election objectors
Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill / Jun. 24, 2021
Democratic group will pour $20 million into voting rights efforts
Nick Corasaniti / The New York Times / Jun. 22, 2021
Ugandan Parliament to close for two weeks amid virus surge
Fred Ojambo / Bloomberg / Jun. 23, 2021