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
USC in the News
Why is America so divided? Researchers find fake news about controversial topics contributes to political polarization
Emily Gersema / USC News / Nov. 23, 2021
Researchers find fake news about controversial topics contributes to political polarization
Emily Gersema / PSY ORG / Nov. 23, 2021
Election Cybersecurity
Security measure, now a statewide requirement, helped foil elections network breach in Lake County
Andrew J. Tobias / Cleveland.com / Nov. 22, 2021
McLean County looking to spend nearly $1 million for new voting equipment
Kade Heather / The Pantagraph / Nov. 24, 2021
Process of pending Pennsylvania election audit remains shrouded in secrecy
Joe Napsha / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review / Nov. 23, 2021
U.S. senators urge funds to help election workers amid ‘unacceptable’ threats
Reuters / Nov. 22, 2021
Western Australia Auditor-General drags local governments over horrendous cyber risk management
Chris Duckett / ZDNet / Nov. 23, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
A foreign government could be trying to hack U.S. biomedical companies
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Nov. 23, 2021
Happy Hacksgiving: Officials warn of a surge of cyber threats
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Nov. 24, 2021
Hackers are targeting this Microsoft Windows Installer flaw, say security researchers
Liam Tung / ZDNet / Nov. 26, 2021
Ransomware gang targeting schools, hospitals reinvents itself to avoid scrutiny
Tonya Riley / CyberScoop / Nov. 29, 2021
Up to 1.2 million GoDaddy customers’ data exposed in breach
AJ Vicens / CyberScoop / Nov. 22, 2021
Wind turbine giant Vestas says data was compromised in security incident
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Nov. 22, 2021
Mississippi unveils mobile ID program — an app for phones
The Associated Press / Nov. 27, 2021
Digital driver’s licenses are coming soon for Iowa motorists
The Associated Press / Nov. 26, 2021
Samsung will build a $17 billion chip plant in Texas
David McCabe / The New York Times / Nov. 23, 2021
Lobbyists turn to infrastructure law’s implementation
Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill / Nov. 27, 2021
How the $4 trillion flood of Covid relief is funding the future
Charley Locke / The New York Times / Nov. 24, 2021
Clearview AI does well in another round of facial recognition accuracy tests
Kashmir Hill / The New York Times / Nov. 23, 2021
Ex-Google workers sue company, saying it betrayed ‘Don’t Be Evil’ motto
Bobby Allyn / NPR / Nov. 29, 2021
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey steps down from C.E.O. role
Kate Conger and Lauren Hirsch / The New York Times / Nov. 29, 2021
A tech whistle-blower helps others speak out
Erin Woo / The New York Times / Nov. 24, 2021
The biggest problem facing the U.S. electric grid isn’t demand. It’s climate change
Vincent Acovino / NPR / Nov. 24, 2021
For rules in technology, the challenge is to balance code and law
Ephrat Livni / The New York Times / Nov. 23, 2021
No credit score? No problem! just hand over more data.
Tara Siegel Bernard / The New York Times / Nov. 29, 2021
What Uber’s spies really did
Kate Conger / The New York Times / Nov. 28, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Israel and Iran broaden cyberwar to attack civilian targets
Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman / The New York Times / Nov. 27, 2021
Apple sues Israeli spyware maker, seeking to block its access to iPhones
Nicole Perlroth / The New York Times / Nov. 23, 2021
A hacking spree against Iran spills out into the physical world
Matt Burgess / Wired / Nov. 29, 2021
Japan, Vietnam look to cyber defense against China
Mari Yamaguchi / The Associated Press / Nov. 23, 2021
Salvadoran journalists, activists report spyware alerts
The Associated Press / Nov. 24, 2021
Italian competition watchdog fines Apple, Amazon $225M
The Associated Press / Nov. 23, 2021
Workers’ paradise? Portugal’s new teleworking law takes flak
Barry Hatton / The Associated Press / Nov. 27, 2021
South Korean semiconductor makers are giving the U.S. data, but with some concern
Anthony Kuhn / NPR All Things Considered / Nov. 25, 2021
Millions of pam messages blocked in Philippines as scams surge
Cecilia Yap / Bloomberg / Nov. 22, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
America is sick with information disorder. Time for a cure.
The Washington Post / Nov. 23, 2021
31 NC, SC lawmakers join in letter laying out a path to overturn 2020 election, reinstate Trump
Will Doran and Brian Murphy / The News & Observer / Nov. 24, 2021
Berks officials say distrust in elections is damaging the process
Karen Shuey / Reading Eagle / Nov. 29, 2021
Election fraud claims pose dilemma for Orange County GOP
Brooke Staggs / Orange County Register / Nov. 22, 2021
That ‘Team Beto’ fund-raising email? It might not be from Beto.
Shane Goldmacher / The New York Times / Nov. 26, 2021
Inside the ‘Misinformation’ wars
Ben Smith / The New York Times / Nov. 28, 2021
How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation
Karen Hao / Technology Review / Nov. 20, 2021
Inside the ‘big wave’ of misinformation targeted at Latinos
Amanda Seitz and Will Weissert / The Associated Press / Nov. 29, 2021
Fauci says lies, threats are ‘noise’
Caroline Vakil / The Hill / Nov. 28, 2021
For wellness community, social media often a conduit for misinformation
David Folkenflick / NPR All Things Considered / Nov. 27, 2021
Doctor suspended over COVID-19 misinformation, exemptions
The Associated Press / Nov. 29, 2021
They died from Covid. Then the online attacks started
Dan Levin / The New York Times / Nov. 27, 2021
Alaska medical board gets earful from public over unproven COVID treatments, misinformation
Lex Treinen / Alaska Public Media / Nov. 22, 2021
Local news outlets could reap $1.7 billion in Build Back Better aid
Marc Tracy / The New York Times / Nov. 28, 2021
EU to limit political ads, ban use of certain personal info
Lorne Cook / The Associated Press / Nov. 25, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
Ranked choice voting survived its biggest election season yet
Matt Vasilogambros / Stateline / Nov. 23, 2021
Behind the loud pushback against progressive district attorneys across the country
Eric Westervelt / NPR All Things Considered / Nov. 26, 2021
How midterm elections, less than one year away, are shaping political decisions now
Scott Tong / WBUR Here & Now / Nov. 25, 2021
G.O.P. cements hold on legislatures in battleground states
Nick Corasaniti / The New York Times / Nov. 25, 2021
Breaking down the Democratic turnover in Congress ahead of the mid-term election
Deirdre Walsh / NPR Morning Edition / Nov. 25, 2021
California- Modesto considers changing timing for mayoral election to keep voter turnout high
Kevin Valine / The Modesto Bee / Nov. 28, 2021
Colorado- Colorado passes risk-limiting audit of 2021 election
Dylan Anderson / Steamboat Pilot & Today / Nov. 24, 2021
Colorado- US Senate candidate suing Colorado secretary of state over voting machines
9 News / Nov. 22, 2021
Florida- Voting advocates decry loss of polling sites for Black and low-income residents
Raymon Troncoso / WJCT News / Nov. 23, 2021
Georgia- Georgia voting law drives rejections of absentee requests made too late
Mark Niesse / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / Nov. 26, 2021
Georgia- ‘Inconsistencies’ identified by Gov. Kemp wouldn’t change 2020 election results, experts say
Doug Richards / 11 Alive / Nov. 23, 2021
Georgia- Georgia passes map that aims to gain Republicans a seat in Congress
Mark Niesse / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / Nov. 22, 2021
Guam- GEC to ask for at least $275K for early voting
Haidee Eugenio Gilbert / The Guam Daily Post / Nov. 29, 2021
Hawaii- Kauaʻi County deploys ballot drop boxes for prosecuting attorney special election
Hawaii Public Radio / Nov. 22, 2021
Indiana- Vote centers provide flexibility, convenience for county voters
Harley Tomlinson / Rensselaer Republican / Nov. 24, 2021
Indiana- Legal fight poised over Indiana county’s redistricting
The Associated Press / Nov. 27, 2021
Kentucky- Adams continues state voter registration clean up
Tom Latek / Kentucky Today / Nov. 27, 2021
Massachusetts- Poll shows public support for election reforms
Christian M. Wade / The Daily News / Nov. 23, 2021
Michigan- Benson’s bid to make permanent absentee voter rules draws opposition
Beth LeBlanc / The Detroit News / Nov. 28, 2021
Michigan- Report: Election reform proposal would eliminate 20% of Michigan’s polling places
Charlie Tinker / WZZM / Nov. 23, 2021
New York- New York moves to allow 800,000 noncitizens to vote in local elections
Jeffery C. Mays and Annie Correal / The New York Times / Nov. 23, 2021
North Carolina- NC Elections Board to review results of new election audit tests
Jordan Wilkie / Carolina Public Press / Nov. 22, 2021
North Carolina- Supreme Court will hear dispute over GOP legislators’ defense of NC voter ID law
Laura Leslie and Ariane de Vogue / WRAL / Nov. 24, 2021
North Carolina- ‘This smacks of something gone awry’: A true tale of absentee vote fraud
Michael Graff and Nick Ochsner / POLITICO / Nov. 29, 2021
Ohio- The mail is so late in this Lehigh Valley neighborhood, a woman didn’t get her ballot until after Election Day
Lindsay Weber / Williamsport Sun-Gazette / Nov. 23, 2021
Ohio- Despite voter-approved anti-gerrymandering reforms, Ohio GOP still draws lopsided map
Andy Chow / NPR All Things Considered / Nov. 24, 2021
Oklahoma- National Voter Registration Form now available in some Native American languages
KOCO News / Nov. 23, 2021
Pennsylvania- Pa. Republicans continue to push for elections overhaul
Jonathan Lai and Andrew Seidman / Governing / Nov. 24, 2021
Texas- Texas counties to face vote audit potential
Molly O’Brien / KTEN / Nov. 22, 2021
West Virginia- West Virginia publishes complete Voter’s Guide in braille
West Virginia News / Nov. 22, 2021
Wisconsin- US Sen. Ron Johnson continues to push state lawmakers to take over federal elections in Wisconsin
Laurel White / Wisconsin Public Radio / Nov. 23, 2021
Wisconsin- Legislative auditors review Madison’s election records after dispute over who can handle documents
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Nov. 22, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic – International
Interpol holds meeting in Istanbul to elect new president
Ayse Wieting and Suzan Fraser / The Associated Press / Nov. 23, 2021
Czech president swears in opposition leader as new premier
Karel Janicek / The Associated Press / Nov. 28, 2021
What’s at stake in the Honduran presidential election?
Oscar Lopez / The New York Times / Nov. 28, 2021
Hong Kong to allow residents of mainland to vote in election
Zen Soo / The Associated Press / Nov. 22, 2021
Opposition in Kyrgyzstan challenges election results
Vladimir Isachenkov / The Associated Press / Nov. 29, 2021
Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary vote boosts president’s clout
Vladimir Isachenkov / The Associated Press / Nov. 28, 2021
Libya: Gadhafi son disqualified from running for president
Noha Elhennawy / The Associated Press / Nov. 24, 2021
Clan politics reign but a family is divided in the race to rule the Philippines
Julie McCarthy / NPR / Nov. 28, 2021
South Africa’s ANC loses mayors in Johannesburg and Pretoria
Mogomotsi Magome / The Associated Press / Nov. 24, 2021
Sweden elects its first female leader — for second time in a week
Cora Engelbrecht and Christina Anderson / The New York Times / Nov. 29, 2021
In Venezuela’s flawed vote, Maduro shows one way to retain power
Isayen Herrera and Anatoly Kurmanaev / The New York Times / Nov. 23, 2021
EU reports improvements, old tactics in Venezuela election
Regina Garcia Cano / The Associated Press / Nov. 23, 2021
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Carina Robles and Jillian Kwong