Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity


Election Cybersecurity
Gov. Little appoints task force to tackle cybersecurity, election security in Idaho
Christina Lords / Idaho Capital Sun / Aug. 8, 2021
Republican issues subpoenas for Wisconsin election info
Todd Richmond / The Associated Press / Aug. 6, 2021
Republican lawmaker seeks to seize ballots and voting machines in Milwaukee and Brown counties
Patrick Marley et al. / MSN / Aug. 8, 2021
Former acting Attorney General testifies about Trump’s efforts to subvert election
Katie Benner / The New York Times / Aug. 7, 2021
DOJ watchdog unable to determine if FBI fed Giuliani information ahead of 2016 election
Rebecca Beitsch and Morgan Chalfant / The Hill / Aug. 5, 20212
Cybersecurity / Technology
Ransomware poses threat to vulnerable local governments
Karina Elwood / The Washington Post / Aug. 6, 2021
New hacking group shows similarities to gang that attacked Colonial Pipeline
David Uberti and Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 5, 2021
FCC unveils new mobile service maps
Scott Rosenberg / Axios / Aug. 6, 2021
The technology upside from the coronavirus pandemic
Tina Reed / Axios / Aug. 9, 2021
Facebook’s accountability bind
Scott Rosenberg / Axios / Aug. 9, 2021
Some praise, some doubts as Facebook rolls out a prayer tool
Holly Meyer and David Crary / The Associated Press / Aug. 8, 2021
Apple’s child safety moves stir praise and protests
Scott Rosenberg / Axios / Aug. 9, 2021
Two members of QQAAZZ, which laundered funds from cybercrime, plead guilty
Tonya Riley / CyberScoop / Aug. 9, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Bill to restrict Internet in Iran could threaten pandemic-era Instagram commerce boom
Miriam Berger / The Washington Post / Aug. 7, 2021
Italian police bust fake health pass scheme on Telegram app
Angelo Amante / Reuters / Aug. 9, 2021
Telecom Italia’s FiberCop and Iliad in fibre broadband deal
Elvira Pollina and Agnieszka Flak / Reuters / Aug. 9, 2021
Huawei reports biggest ever revenue drop as consumer growth engine stutters
David Kirton / Reuters / Aug. 6, 2021
EU extends deadline for decision on Facebook, Kustomer deal to Dec. 15
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters / Aug. 9, 2021
Amazon, Walmart’s Flipkart must face India antitrust probe, top court says
Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy / Reuters / Aug. 9, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
YouTube yanked public meeting videos over covid misinformation. Now it’s backtracking.
Caroline Anders / The Washington Post / Aug. 7, 2021
The Technology 202: As senators zero in on deepfakes, some experts fear their focus is misplaced
Cristiano Lima / The Washington Post / Aug. 6, 2021
Deepfake Task Force: The danger of disinformation needs a new collaboration
Dana Rao / The Hill / Aug. 6, 2021
Democrats press Facebook over suspension of researchers’ accounts
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Aug. 9, 2021
Trump’s election conspiracies are coming to a head — again
Philip Bump / The Washington Post / Aug. 9, 2021
DHS concerned about violence tied to Trump reinstatement conspiracy theory
Caroline Vakil / The Hill / Aug. 7, 2021
Is the country that gave us Rupert Murdoch finally ready to tackle misinformation?
Richard Glover / The Washington Post / Aug. 6, 2021
Poll: Vaccine hesitancy among Fox News viewers down 10 percent since March
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill / Aug. 5, 2021
In western New York, the far right tries to make inroads with vaccine skeptics
Razzan Nakhlawi / The Washington Post / Aug. 7, 2021
In border crisis between Belarus and Lithuania, salvos fly in ‘propaganda war’
Robyn Dixon / The Washington Post / Aug. 8, 2021
Russian court hands Navalny’s brother suspended sentence
Vladimir Isachenkov / The Associated Press / Aug. 6, 2021
Thai court blocks government’s restriction on covid-news reports
Randy Thanthong-Knight / Bloomberg / Aug. 6, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
City council nixes mail-in ballot for November
Derrick Perkins / The Western News / Aug. 6, 2021
Mobile has in-person absentee voting Saturday for first time in city elections
Chad Petri / WKRG / Aug. 7, 2021
Cherokee County agrees to purchase election, voter registration space
Juanita Love / AJC / Aug. 8, 2021
Nebraska voter ID ballot drive begins gathering signatures
Grant Schulte / The Associated Press / Aug. 6, 2021
Auditor General can’t review election audits or local election results, Nessel says
Samuel J. Robinson / mlive / Aug. 6, 2021
Georgia to ask 185K voters if they remain active
Mychael Schnell / The Hill / Aug. 5, 2021
Youngkin’s tricky dance with ‘election integrity’ complicates run for Virginia governor
Laura Vozzella / The Washington Post / Aug. 6, 2021
California GOP nixes endorsement fight in Newsom recall
Micheal R. Blood / The Associated Press / Aug. 7, 2021
Trump ally who backed calls to overturn election launches bid for Georgia lt. Governor
Caroline Vakil / The Hill / Aug. 8, 2021
Conor Lamb gets in, and a crucial Senate fight takes shape in Pennsylvania
Trip Gabriel / The New York Times / Aug. 6, 2021
Texas Democrats continue holdout, don’t show for new session
Acacia Coronado and Paul J. Weber / The Associated Press / Aug. 7, 2021
Democrats reboot stalled election-law push
Siobhan Hughes and Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 9, 2021
Democrats head home with a clearer message for voters as they try to avoid a repeat of the 2010 midterm disaster
Paul Kane / The Washington Post / Aug. 7, 2021
GOP megadonors flock to Tim Scott, building 2024 buzz
Alex Isenstadt / POLITICO / Aug. 9, 2021
Center-right candidate takes edge in Chile presidential poll
Javiera Baeza / Bloomberg / Aug. 9, 2021
Kenya caps political financing ahead of next year’s election 
David Herbling / Bloomberg / Aug. 9, 2021
Zambian election: debt-fueled splurge may cost president his job
Matthew Hill and Taonga Clifford Mitimingi / Bloomberg / Aug. 6, 2021
UK tightens Belarus sanctions 1 year after ‘fraudulent’ vote
The Associated Press / Aug. 9, 2021