Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity

March 18, 2022 -March 24, 2022

Election Cybersecurity

Securing the midterms: Smarter tools watch over voter records
Jule Pattison-Gordon / Government Technology / Mar. 23, 2022

Final Arizona election report finds no county data issues
Bob Christie / The Associated Press / Mar. 23, 2022

Colorado Democrats look to crack down on insider election threats and misinformation
Bente Birkeland / NPR / Mar. 22, 2022

Digital age begins for City Council, as Aldermen begin casting votes electronically
Todd Feurer / CBS News / Mar. 23, 2022

PCFC to purchase new voting machines
Gary Slone / Appalachian News-Express / Mar. 20, 2022

Montana lawmakers to vote on whether to hold special session on election security
Jonathon Ambarian / KTVH / Mar. 18, 2022

Elections official grilled over low staffing, technical issues at Dallas primary polling places
Charles Scudder / The Dallas Morning News / Mar. 23, 2022

Cybersecurity / Technology

Inside the plan to fix America’s never-ending cybersecurity failures
Patrick Howell O’Neill / MIT Technology Review / Mar. 18, 2022

Ukraine War puts US cities, states on cyber alert
Jenni Bergal / Stateline / Mar. 24, 2022

Biden tells governors to ‘take urgent action’ to protect infrastructure from Russian hackers
Eric Geller / POLITICO / Mar. 23, 2022

Biden warns the private sector that Russia is exploring options for cyberattacks
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / The New York Times / Mar. 21, 2022

FBI adds Russian cybercrime market suspect to its ‘Cyber Most Wanted’ list
Emma Vail / The Record / Mar. 23, 2022

Health data breaches swell in 2021 amid hacking surge, POLITICO analysis finds
Ben Leonard / POLITICO / Mar. 23, 2022

With eye to Russia, Biden administration asks companies to report cyberattacks
Kate Conger / The New York Times / Mar. 23, 2022

Senators introduce bill to bolster cyberattack alarm system
Martin Matishak / The Record / Mar. 23, 2022

Governments confront rising cyber insurance rates
Stephanie Kanowitz / Route Fifty / Mar. 23, 2022

Okta says screenshots from January hack could impact 366 customers
Aimee Picchi / CBS News / Mar. 23, 2022

Former TikTok moderators sue over emotional toll of ‘extremely disturbing’ videos
Bobby Allyn / NPR / Mar. 24, 2022

FBI: $6.9 billion lost through internet crimes in 2021
Jonathan Greig / The Record / Mar. 23, 2022

This database stores the DNA of 31,000 New Yorkers. Is it illegal?
Troy Closson / The New York Times / Mar. 22, 2022

Most Hood plants up after cyber ‘event,’ schools concerned
The Associated Press / Mar. 18, 2022

U.S. charges 4 Russian government workers with hacking energy sector
Devlin Barrett / The Washington Post / Mar. 24, 2022

Cybersecurity / Technology — International

E.U. takes aim at Big Tech’s power with landmark Digital Act
Adam Satariano / The New York Times / Mar. 24, 2022

Israel, fearing Russian reaction, blocked spyware for Ukraine and Estonia
Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti / The New York Times / Mar. 23, 2022

The world holds its breath for Putin’s cyberwar
Maggie Miller / POLITICO / Mar. 23, 2022

Creating Space Command, Australia strengthens high-tech bond with U.S.
Damien Cave / The New York Times / Mar. 21, 2022

Greece’s national postal service restoring systems after ransomware attack
Jonathan Greig / The Record / Mar. 24, 2022

Disinformation / Misinformation

Fox News countersues a voting machine maker, saying its damage estimate is inflated
Christopher Dean Hopkins / NPR / Mar. 18, 2022

The truth in political advertising: ‘You’re allowed to lie’
Domenico Montanaro / NPR / Mar. 17, 2022

Fed up with deadly propaganda, some Russian journalists quit
Anton Troianovski / The New York Times / Mar. 24, 2022

Fighting misinformation with science journalism
Emily Kwong et al. / NPR Short Wave / Mar. 17, 2022

Truth is another front in Putin’s War
Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson / The New York Times / Mar. 20, 2022

UK slams Russia after officials duped by hoax video calls
Jill Lawless / The Associated Press / Mar. 22, 2022

How to avoid sharing misinformation on the War in Ukraine
Daniel Victor / The New York Times / Mar. 21, 2022

China’s information dark age could be Russia’s future
Li Yuan / The New York Times / Mar. 18, 2022

Brazil lifts its ban on Telegram after two days
Jack Nicas and André Spigariol / The New York Times / Mar. 20, 2022

Elections During and After the Pandemic

A paper shortage is looming over the 2022 elections. Seriously.
Zach Montellaro and Marissa Martinez / Yahoo! News / Mar. 18, 2022

Democrats, Republicans spending big to win Latino voters in the Southwest
Mark Brodie / Fronteras Desk / Mar. 24, 2022

Native Americans face more barriers in voting. The White House suggests these changes
Deepa Shivaram / NPR / Mar. 24, 2022

Alaska – Alaska plans unprecedented by-mail election in first step to replace Rep. Don Young
James Brooks and Nathaniel Herz / Anchorage Daily News / Mar. 23, 2022

Arizona – Senate panel to review bill that ends early voting, requires hand counts
Howard Fischer / Herald Review / Mar. 20, 2022

Arkansas – Judge strikes down new Arkansas voting laws that targeted mail voting, voter ID, polling place rules
Dale Ellis / Arkansas Democrat Gazette / Mar. 19, 2022

Florida – Thousands of unofficial voter registration letters sent to Marion County voters
James Tutten / WFTV9 / Mar. 19, 2022

Georgia – Exit interview with Georgia’s most high-profile elections director
Kristal Dixon / AXIOS Atlanta / Mar. 23, 2022

Kentucky – ExpressVotes, polling locations, early voting will continue for 2022 elections
Taylor Six / Richmond Register / Mar. 23, 2022

Maryland – Maryland announces new voting deadlines after primary delay
The Associated Press / Mar. 21, 2022

Michigan – State Giving County Clerks $8 Million To Enhance Election Security
Jack Hall / Radio Results Network / Mar. 22, 2022

Minnesota – Minnesota 2nd in the nation for 2020 elections, MIT report shows
Mary Stroka / KPVI6 / Mar. 18, 2022

Missouri – How voters could change Missouri’s election process
Emily Manley / Ozarks First / Mar. 21, 2022

Nevada – Nevada county rejects paper ballots, sheriffs at vote sites
Scott Sonner / The Associated Press / Mar. 22, 2022

New Hampshire – ‘A general culture of distrust’: Lawmakers battle over election access and integrity
Amanda Gokee / New Hampshire Bulletin / Mar. 18, 2022

New Jersey – NJ working on more election changes – but not the biggest one
Michael Symons / New Jersey 101.5 / Mar. 20, 2022

New Mexico – House panel launches probe of New Mexico 2020 election audit
Farnoush Amiri and Morgan Lee / The Associated Press / Mar. 17, 2022

New York – NY changes rule on ‘just-in-case’ absentee ballots
Natasha Vaughn-Holdridge / Hudson Valley 360 / Mar. 18, 2022

Ohio – Ohio redistricting standoff causing logistical nightmare for election workers
Cassy Arsenault / KCBY11 / Mar. 18, 2022

Oregon – Portland could be 1st in state to allow noncitizen and undocumented residents to vote
David Marino Jr. / Bangor Daily News / Mar. 23, 2022

Tennessee – State lawmakers take up bill to give inmates easier access to vote
Aaron Cantrell / News Channel 5 / Mar. 22, 2022

Texas – Mail ballot rejections surge in Texas, with signs of a race gap
Nick Corasaniti / The New York Times / Mar. 18, 2022

Washington – WA redistricting panel withheld text messages, possibly breaking the law
Melissa Santos / Crosscut / Mar. 18, 2022

West Virginia – As election nears, officials express ‘increasing concern’ over preparation challenges
Brad McElhinny / MetroNews / Mar. 23, 2022

Wisconsin – ‘Let’s sit down and talk about it’: Clerks prepare for public testing of voting machines
A.J. Bayatpour / WKOW / Mar. 23, 2022

Wisconsin – Don’t look for absentee ballot drop boxes for 2022 spring election
Gabriella Premus / Fox 11 / Mar. 21, 2022

Wisconsin – Attorney calls decertifying 2020 election ‘pointless’
Scott Bauer / The Associated Press / Mar. 24, 2022

Elections During and After the Pandemic – International

Shadows of Algerian war loom over election campaign in France
Constant Méheut / The New York Times / Mar. 19, 2022

How the war in Ukraine is benefiting the French president’s reelection campaign
Eleanor Beardsley / NPR Morning Edition / Mar. 22, 2022

Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Jillian Kwong