Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Experts offer tips for improving election security
Jennifer Kocher / Wyoming Tribune Eagle / Oct. 23, 2021
Election Cybersecurity
Expelled Republican election commissioner condemns politics of voting in Kansas
Noah Taborda / Kansas Reflector / Oct. 24, 2021
New Mexico- Security issues limit availability of Bernalillo County ballot drop boxes
Nash Jones / KUNM / Oct. 22, 2021
MyPillow’s Mike Lindell again questions Alabama election: John Merrill says state ‘didn’t have any issues’
William Thornton / AL.com / Oct. 22, 2021
At RI cybersecurity summit, elections officials confront ‘elephant in the room’
Mark Reynolds / The Providence Journal / Oct. 21, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
State Department to form new cyber office to face proliferating global challenges
Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 25, 2021
FTC warns of internet providers’ data trove
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios / Oct. 22, 2021
A rare win in the cat-and-mouse game of ransomware
Nicole Perlroth / The New York Times / Oct. 24, 2021
I was hacked. The spyware used against me makes us all vulnerable.
Ben Hubbard / The New York Times / Oct. 24, 2021
A fight in Missouri shows the damage of overbroad hacking laws
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Oct. 25, 2021
Hacking group tied to Colonial Pipeline attack continuing to recruit tech talent
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 21, 2021
U.S. warns of efforts by China to collect genetic data
Julian E. Barnes / The New York Times / Oct. 22, 2021
US warns that Chinese government is using ‘wide variety’ of methods, some illegal, to steal trade secrets
AJ Vicens / CyberScoop / Oct. 22, 2021
Officials warn 5 key tech sectors will determine whether China overtakes U.S.
Zachary Basu / Axois / Oct. 22, 2021
Facebook files suit against Ukrainian man who allegedly scraped data about 178 million users
Tonya Riley / CyberScoop / Oct. 22, 2021
Facebook’s internal chat boards show politics often at center of decision making
Keach Hagey and Jeff Horwitz / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 24, 2021
Inside the big Facebook leak
Ben Smith / The New York Times / Oct. 24, 2021
Trump’s Social-Media platform joins crowded conservative media field
Patience Haggin and Michael C. Bender / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 23, 2021
Apple once threatened Facebook ban over Mideast maid abuse
Jon Gambrell and Jim Gomez / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
Snap tumbles, drags social media giants on Apple privacy tweak worries
Aniruddha Ghosh and Nivedita Balu / Reuters / Oct. 22, 2021
How to protect yourself from online card fraud
Ann Carrns / The New York Times / Oct. 22, 2021
Critics question utility’s bitcoin-mining data center
The Associated Press / Oct. 24, 2021
Big tech data centers spark worry over scarce Western water
Andrew Selsky and Manuel Valdes / The Associated Press / Oct. 22, 2021
New Senate bill would take steps to protect AI-collected data
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Oct. 21, 2021
Tesla pulls its new Full Self-Driving beta due to software ‘issues’
Marcelo Teixeira and Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters / Oct. 24, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Russia is censoring the internet, with coercion and black boxes
Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur / The New York Times / Oct. 22, 2021
Microsoft: Russian-backed hackers targeting cloud services
Alan Suderman / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
G7 countries reach breakthrough on digital trade and data
William James / Reuters / Oct. 22, 2021
Ignoring sanctions, Russia renews broad cybersurveillance operation
David E. Sanger / The New York Times / Oct. 25, 2021
The Sheikh, the businessman and a hacking mystery on 3 continents
Barry Meier and Karan Deep Singh / The New York Times / Oct. 23, 2021
Tesco says online services back up after interference ‘attempt’
Andy Bruce and Akriti Sharma / Reuters / Oct. 24, 2021
Tencent says ‘loophole’ allowed WeChat searches on Google, Bing
Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh / Reuters / Oct. 22, 2021
The Facebook whistle-blower brings her campaign to Europe after her disclosures.
Adam Satariano / The New York Times / Oct. 25, 2021
Facebook’s language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism
Isabel Debre and Fares Akram / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kids
Rod McGuirk / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
Where facts were no match for fear
Reid J. Epstein / The New York Times / Oct. 24, 2021
Pranksters have already defaced Trump’s new social network
Drew Harwell / The Washington Post / Oct. 21, 2021
Facebook wrestles with the features it used to define social networking
Mike Isaac / The New York Times / Oct. 25, 2021
Internal alarm, public shrugs: Facebook’s employees dissect its election role
Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / Oct. 22, 2021
Voting rights groups organize against GOP ballot measure at farmers markets, community events
Julia Forrest / Michigan Advance / Oct. 25, 2021
The U.S. and Israel were early world leaders on vaccinations. Now they are trailing.
Azi Paybarah et al. / The New York Times / Oct. 24, 2021
A Jewish far-right pundit splits the French Jewish community as he rises
Roger Cohen / The New York Times / Oct. 25, 2021
Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS
David Biller / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
In India, Facebook grapples with an amplified version of its problems
Sheera Frenkel and Davey Alba / The New York Times / Oct. 23, 2021
Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India
Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi / The Associated Press / Oct. 24, 2021
How Facebook’s algorithm led a new India user to fake news, violence
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg / Oct. 23, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
FBI to exercise zero-tolerance policy with threats against election workers
Scott Brown / KRQE / Oct. 22, 2021
Minnesota- Election judges test voting machines before election day
Marielle Mohs / CBS Minnesota / Oct. 22, 2021
Texas GOP Lt. Gov. Patrick offered $25,000 for election-fraud tips. The first payout was for a Republican’s illegal vote.
Julian Mark / The Washington Post / Oct. 22, 2021
Nonpartisan Wisconsin audit finds 2020 election “largely safe and secure”
Noah Garfinkel / Axois / Oct. 22, 2021
Georgia- GBI director: Investigation into election fraud claim of ballot harvesting ‘not justified’
Jonathan Raymond / WXIA 11 Alive / Oct. 23, 2021
Top Woodbury County election official fears low turnout Nov. 2 due to state voting changes
Dolly Butz / Sioux City Journal / Oct. 22, 2021
Voting rights leaders from out of state come to Denver for discussion about how to protect elections
Tori Mason / CBS Denver 4 / Oct. 22, 2021
Virginia Democrats sue USPS for delays that threaten to ‘disenfranchise’ voters
Mychael Schnell / The Hill / Oct. 24, 2021
New Jersey- Major change in vote by mail leaves millions out
Colleen O’Dea / NJ Spotlight News / Oct. 25, 2021
Texas- Couple receives mail in ballots with and without stamps required – what happened?
Matt Grant / KXAN / Oct. 22, 2021
Bernalillo County Clerk disagrees with state over drop box requirement
Nash Jones / KUNM / Oct. 22, 2021
Florida- Early voting is too expensive, Sebastian, Vero Beach say; mail-in ballot still an option
Janet Begley / TC Palm / Oct. 22, 2021
Meet the candidates running for Arlington County Board
Teo Armus / The Washington Post / Oct. 23, 2021
Colorado- Republican Pam Anderson announces she’s challenging Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold
Ernest Lunning / Colorado Politics / Oct. 23, 2021
Six big off-year elections you might be missing
Reid Wilson / The Hill / Oct. 24, 2021
Central Mass. AFL-CIO helps builds ramp at local voting precinct ahead of Election Day
Spectrum News / Oct. 23, 2021
Tennessee- Madison Co. Election Commission to combine a few precincts
Brandon Shields / Jackson Sun / Oct. 24, 2021
New York- Legal fight opens way for new early voting in site in Troy
Spencer Conlin / Spectrum News / Oct 22, 2021
New York- Election etiquette: What you need to know
Liz Lewin / WGRZ / Oct. 24, 2021
Ohio- Election leaders push to restore voter confidence in Ohio
Clay LePard / ABC News 5 Cleveland / Oct. 24, 2021
Ohio- Thousands of postcards to Greene County voters have wrong election date
Jen Balduf / Dayton Daily News / Oct. 22, 2021
Pennsylvania- Election officials try to resolve issue with ballots sent to voters in Plymouth Township
Andy Mehalshick / WBRE / Oct. 22, 2021
Virginia- Lawsuit claims Fairfax Co. is ignoring absentee ballot rules
Nick Iannelli / WTOP News / Oct. 22, 2021
Race-blind redistricting? Democrats incredulous at GOP maps
Bryan Anderson and Nicholas Riccardi / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
GOP uses voters to push election reforms in unlikely states
Marc Levy / The Associated Press / Oct. 23, 2021
Turkish opposition begins joining ranks against Erdogan
Carlotta Gall / The New York Times / Oct. 23, 2021
Barbados elects Its first Head of State, replacing Queen Elizabeth
Christine Hauser / The New York Times / Oct. 22, 2021
Sudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister
Samy Magdy / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
Uzbekistan’s incumbent leader wins 2nd term in office
Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
Portugal: Brewing political storm could bring snap election
The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
Japan’s ruling party has setback in preview of Sunday’s vote
Mari Yamaguchi / The Associated Press / Oct. 25, 2021
Libya FM: Security, stability necessary to usher in new govt
Adel Omran / The Associated Press / Oct. 23, 2021
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Carina Robles and Jillian Kwong