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Election Cybersecurity
Board of Elections asks for criminal investigation into potentially fraudulent absentee ballots on Staten Island
Kristin F. Dalton / Silive / Jul. 9, 2021
How Vigo County clerks say new polling system will make elections more efficient
DeSherion McBroom / My Wabash Valley / Jul. 11, 2021
Springfield, Mass., to invest in voting machine overhaul
Peter Goonan / Government Technology / Jul. 9, 2021
Analysis: Louisiana to have new approach for voting machines
Melinda Deslatte / The Associated Press / Jul. 11, 2021
Michigan GOP bill to add ID component to absentee ballot apps is dead
David Eggert / The Associated Press / Jul. 11, 2021
Department of State directs counties not to turn over election equipment
John Finnerty / The Daily Item / Jul. 9, 2021
“An Ugly Truth”: How Facebook discovered Russian meddling
Mike Allen / Axios / Jul. 9, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
Opinion: Biden said we’d ‘find out’ whether Putin would act on ransomware. Now we have.
The Washington Post / Jul. 7, 2021
Biden warns Putin to act against ransomware groups, or U.S. will strike back
David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth / The New York Times / Jul. 9, 2021
Can Biden do anything to stop ransomware attacks?
Jen Kirby / The Washington Post / Jul. 7, 2021
Fallout from hack of city law department could linger for months
Benjamin Weiser / The New York Times / Jul. 9, 2021
The Cybersecurity 202: Schools are another prime ransomware target
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Jul. 12, 2021
The anatomy of a ransomware attack
Gerrit De Vynck et al. / The Washington Post / Jul. 9, 2021
“Ransomwhere” project tracks payment demands
Ina Fried / Axios / Jul. 12, 2021
Chris Inglis formally sworn in as national cyber director
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Jul. 12, 2021
NYC becomes first city to set up center to address cybersecurity
Cameron Jenkins / The Hill / Jul. 9, 2021
NASA seeks cybersecurity and privacy enterprise support
Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop / Jul. 12, 2021
Biden takes aim at Big Tech, broadband with sweeping competition order
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios / Jul. 9, 2021
CDC looks to modernize its immunization information system
Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop / Jul. 12, 2021
Feds: Dark web operator sought to sell inside information
Larry Neumeister / The Associated Press / Jul. 11, 2021
Ray Ozzie’s Blues Wireless raises $22 million to add 5G to everything
Ina Fried / Axios / Jul. 12, 2021
Microsoft to acquire cybersecurity firm RiskIQ
Ina Fried / Axios / Jul. 12, 2021
Houston man sentenced to 7 years for attempted $2 million romance scam
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Jul. 8, 2021
Jack Cable, Stanford student and cyber whiz, aims to crowdsource ransomware details
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Jul. 9, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Ukraine says Russian-linked hackers attacked its navy’s website
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill / Jul. 9, 2021
Hackers disrupt Iran’s rail service with fake delay messages
The Associated Press / Jul. 9 , 2021
Cuba’s internet cutoff: The go-to tactic for global despots
Barbara Ortutay et al. / The Associated Press / Jul. 12, 2021
ByteDance shelved IPO intentions after Chinese regulators warned about data security
Xie Yu and Liza Lin / The Wall Street Journal / Jul. 12, 2021
Chinese regulator halts Huya-Douyu game-streaming merger
Zen Soo / The Associated Press / Jul. 19, 2021
China orders more Didi apps removed
Yoko Kubota / The Wall Street Journal / Jul. 9, 2021
Beijing’s post-Didi crackdown speeds up
Keith Zhai and Frances Yoon / The Wall Street Journal / Jul. 10, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
Fox News airs disclaimer during Trump CPAC speech about 2020 election
Dominick Mastragelo / The Hill / Jul. 12, 2021
The stampede away from Trump’s voting-machine claims continues apace, as legal liability looms for allies
Aaron Blake / The Washington Post / Jul. 12, 2021
The viral Twitter thread that explains right-wing conspiracy theorizing — if only inadvertently
Philip Bump / The Washington Post / Jul. 12, 2021
Exclusive: TikTok introducing more automation to video removals
Sara Fischer / Axios / Jul. 9, 2021
An automated tool to police offensive language
Bryan Walsh / Axios / Jul. 9, 2021
Newsmax host suggests vaccines ‘against nature’
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill / Jul. 12, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
Municipal election season to kick off
Ashlyn O’Hara / Peninsula Clarion / Jul. 10, 2021
Municipal elections moved to off set presidential election years
Elizabeth Summers / The Reporter / Jul. 9, 2021
Early date of recall could strain local elections divisions as Republicans cry foul
Sam Morgen / Tehachapi News / Jul. 11, 2021
Texas Republicans advance voting restrictions in special session
Eva Ruth Moravec and Amy B Wang / The Washington Post / Jul. 11, 2021
Texas Democrats plan to flee state to highlight G.O.P. voting restrictions
Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti / The New York Times / Jul. 12, 2021
Harris announces $25 million expansion of voting campaign
Jonathan Custodio and Brittany Gibson / POLITICO / Jul. 8, 2021
Democrats craft voting bill with eye on Supreme Court fight
Brian Slodysko / The Associated Press / Jul. 10, 2021
Voters apathetic in Bulgaria’s early parliamentary election
Veselin Toshkov / The Associated Press / Jul. 11, 2021
Ethiopia’s ruling party wins national election in landslide
The Associated Press / Jul. 10, 2021
Pro-EU party in Moldova wins clear majority in election
Corneliu Rusnac and Stephen McGrath / The Associated Press / Jul. 12, 2021
Nepal court replaces Prime Minister after months of turbulence
Bhadra Sharma and Mujib Mashal / The New York Times / Jul. 12, 2021