Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
The Experts Corner
Iranian threats to US elections take center stage
Marie Harf / USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative / Nov. 21, 2021
Election Cybersecurity
Voting machines are a casualty of unnecessary election audits
Sarah Salem / The Washington Post / Nov. 22, 2021
Attempted breach of Ohio county election network draws FBI and state scrutiny
Amy Gardner et al. / The Washington Post / Nov. 19, 2021
Officials confirm investigation into attempted Lake County Board of Elections data breach used to fuel voter-fraud lies
Sabrina Eaton / Cleveland.com / Nov. 19, 2021
Virginia Department of Elections CIO/CISO wins award for strengthening Commonwealth’s cybersecurity
Virginia Dept. of Elections / The Altavista Journal / Nov. 18, 2021
United States indicts Iranian hackers in voter intimidation effort
David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes / The New York Times / Nov. 18, 2021
Four takeaways from the Iranian election interference indictments
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Nov. 19, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
Insurers run from ransomware cover as losses mount
Carolyn Cohn / Reuters / Nov. 19, 2021
Authorities warn organizations to be on guard against hackers during Thanksgiving holiday
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Nov. 22, 2021
GoDaddy says information on 1.2 million customers exposed in data breach
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Nov. 22, 2021
Wichita school operates 70s-style in wake of system crash
The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2021
Biomanufacturing companies getting hit by hackers potentially linked to Russia
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Nov. 22, 2021
Wind giant vestas drops as cyber attack risks output delays
Christian Wienberg and Will Mathis / Bloomberg / Nov. 22, 2021
More than $500M for cybersecurity included in sweeping House-passed package
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Nov. 19, 2021
NYC aims to be first to rein in AI hiring tools
Matt O’Brien / The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2021
New Mexico sees TV tech as one fix to K-12 internet divide
Cedar Attanasio / The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Lawmakers increasingly anxious about US efforts against Russian hackers
Maggie Miller / Nov. 19, 2021
Iran’s Mahan Air says it foiled cyber attack on systems
Ros Krasny / Bloomberg / Nov. 21, 2021
Pakistan again lifts ban, fourth so far, on China’s TikTok
The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2021
El Salvador to build cryptocurrency-fueled “Bitcoin City”
David Barraza / The Associated Press / Nov. 21, 2021
Thailand’s DTAC and True to merge, pursue tech businesses
The Associated Press / Nov. 22, 2021
Google reaches content deals with German publishers
The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2021
WhatsApp pushes privacy update to comply with Irish ruling
The Associated Press / Nov. 22, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
Fueled by Trump-inspired grievance, attempts to terrorize public officials escalate
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News / Nov. 21, 2021
Republican answers ‘call of duty’ with Biden election job
Rachel La Corte / The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2021
Fact-checking Kevin McCarthy’s 8-hour speech
Linda Qiu / The New York Times / Nov. 19, 2021
Two Fox News contributors quit in protest of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 special
Ben Smith / The New York Times / Nov. 21, 2021
Judge tries to block New York Times’s coverage of Project Veritas
Michael M. Grynbaum / The New York Times / Nov. 18, 2021
Fauci swamped by angry calls over beagle experiments after campaign that included misleading image
Yasmeen Abutaleb and Beth Reinhard / The Washington Post / Nov. 19, 2021
Health officials in Montana promote kids’ COVID vaccinations because the state isn’t
Aaron Bolton / NPR Morning Edition / Nov. 19, 2021
Campaign opposing US consulate in Jerusalem boosted by network for fake accounts: reports
Caroline Vakil / The Hill / Nov. 19, 2021
Unrest over vaccine mandates and economic inequality rocks Guadeloupe.
Aurelien Breeden / The New York Times / Nov. 22, 2021
Thousands rally against coronavirus restrictions in Australia.
Yan Zhuang / The New York Times / Nov. 20, 2021
Angry and divided, Austrians argue over a lockdown and vaccine mandates
Melissa Eddy / The New York Times / Nov. 21, 2021
Some Pacific nations will take years to vaccinate their populations, new research predicts
Yan Zhuang and Livia Albeck-Ripka / The New York Times / Nov. 22, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
As gerrymanders get worse, legal options to overturn them dwindle
Michael Wines / The New York Times / Nov. 21, 2021
Dark money group spent $100M on voter turnout in 2020
Reid Wilson / The Hill / Nov. 22, 2021
Latino activists flex redistricting muscle after decade of growth
Reid Wilson / The Hill / Nov. 21, 2021
Former Democrat lawmaker who benefited from gerrymandering sees a better path
Michel Martin / NPR All Things Considered / Nov. 21, 2021
Georgia- Kemp signs new Floyd County Elections Board legislation into law
Olivia Morley / Rome News-Tribune / Nov. 19, 2021
Georgia- As Georgia grows more Democratic, its members of Congress will not
Stephen Fowler / NPR All Things Considered / Nov. 21, 2021
Kansas- Federal judge temporarily blocks Kansas voting law restricting out-of-state ballot applications
Andrew Bahl / Topeka Capital-Journal / Nov. 19, 2021
Kansas- Kansas push to defy COVID rules complicates governor’s race
John Hanna / The Associated Press / Nov. 20, 2021
Massachusetts- OTR: Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin greatly concerned about future of mail-in voting
Ed Harding and Janet Wu / WCVB / Nov. 21, 2021
Michigan- Michigan clerks concerned Secure MI Vote petition could have far-reaching impact
Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press / Nov. 19, 2021
Michigan- State AG: Redistricting panel shouldn’t have met privately
David Eggert / The Associated Press / Nov. 22, 2021
New York- Dinowitz introduces extension for pandemic absentee voting following failed ballot measure
Aliya Schneider / Bronx Times / Nov. 19, 2021
New York- Judge meets with attorneys in Rensselaer County ballot fraud case
WNYT / Nov. 19, 2021
New York- Wrangling continues over tied Niagara Falls election
Thomas J. Prohaska / The Buffalo News / Nov. 21, 2021
New York- Buffalo mayor who lost primary reelected with write-in votes
Carolyn Thompson / The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2021
North Dakota- Recall effort for GOP lawmaker halted due to redistricting
James MacPherson / The Associated Press / Nov. 18, 2021
Ohio- Ohio governor signs new congressional district map into law
The Associated Press / Nov. 20, 2021
Pennsylvania- Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Senate to spend up to $270K on election investigation
Lexi Lonas / The Hill / Nov. 19, 2021
Pennsylvania- Luzerne County discovers two additional Nov. 2 election result flash drives
Jennifer Learn-Andes / Sunday Dispatch / Nov. 19, 2021
Pennsylvania- Stage set for election-law parley
Ryan Brown / Williamsport Sun-Gazette / Nov. 22, 2021
Texas- Gov. Greg Abbott, GOP leaders allocate $4 million to fund county-level election audits
Cassandra Pollock / The Texas Tribune / Nov. 19, 2021
Utah- Recount fiasco throws tight Sandy mayoral race into limbo
Kyle Dunphey and Katie McKellar / KSL / Nov. 19, 2021
Utah- Wasatch County Clerk encourages voters to be proactive about registration
Ben Lasseter / KPCW / Nov. 20, 2021
Virginia- Election calendar lawsuit at standstill
Jackie Llanos Hernandez / Virginia Mercury / Nov. 22, 2021
Virginia- Virginia court picks experts to draw maps for redistricting
The Associated Press / Nov. 19, 2021
Washington- A Q&A with Kim Wyman, departing WA secretary of state
Melissa Santos / Crosscut / Nov. 19, 2021
Wisconsin- Wisconsin Republicans push to take over the state’s elections
Reid J. Epstein / The New York Times / Nov. 19, 2021
Wisconsin- Split votes on Wisconsin Elections Commission spiked during contentious 2020 election
Mitchell Schmidt / Wisconsin State Journal / Nov. 22, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic – International
Bulgarian president sails to reelection on anti-corruption message
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill / Nov. 21, 2021
Chile’s presidential election heads to a runoff on Dec. 19
Steve Inskeep and Philip Reeves / NPR Morning Edition / Nov. 22, 2021
Meet Ayelet Shaked, Israel’s polarizing and powerful Interior minister
Laura Kelly / The Hill / Nov. 21, 2021
Malaysian PM’s party wins landslide victory in state polls
The Associated Press / Nov. 20, 2021
Ousted in coup, Sudan’s Prime Minister returns via military deal
Declan Walsh / The New York Times / Nov. 21, 2021
Bloodied Venezuelan opposition returns to elections for first time in years
Julie Turkewitz / The New York Times / Nov. 19, 2021
International observers monitor as Venezuelans cast ballots in local elections
John Otis / NPR Morning Edition / Nov. 22, 2021
Venezuela votes in regional election under international eye
Regina Garcia Cano / The Associated Press / Nov. 22, 2021
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Carina Robles and Jillian Kwong