Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity

September 16, 2022 – September 22, 2022

USC in the News

What’s the Truth? Social Media Can Amplify False Narratives
Lisa Ryckman / NCSL / September 21, 2022

Election Cybersecurity

Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms
Christina A. Cassidy / The Associated Press / September 16, 2022

Cybersecurity / Technology

White House opens applications for $1B in cybersecurity funds
Sam Sabin / Axios / September 16, 2022

Cybersecurity Investments Are No Longer Optional, Officials Warn
James Rundle / The Wall Street Journal / September 21, 2022

Senators introduce a bill to protect open-source software
Tim Starks / The Washington Post / September 22, 2022

U.S. Spy Agencies Haven’t Kept Pace With Threats, Senate Report Says
Warren P. Strobel / The Wall Street Journal / September 20, 2022

New review will examine NSA and Cyber Command’s ‘dual hat’ structure
Martin Matishak / The Record / September 22, 2022

Biden Issues New Order to Block Chinese Investment in Technology in the U.S.
Davvid E. Sanger / The New York Times / September 15, 2022

Senators Wyden, Warren urge NTIA to protect ‘highly sensitive’ domain registration info
Jonathan Greig / The Record / September 21, 2022

Serious breach at Uber spotlights hacker social deception
Frank Bajak / The Associated Press / September 17, 2022

Report: Ransomware is growing despite company investments
Sam Sabin / Axios / September 20, 2022

Hackers accessed data on some American Airlines customers
The Associated Press / September 20, 2022

Employee cellphone attacks pose new threat to companies
Hope King and Sam Sabin / Axios / September 19, 2022

Cybersecurity / Technology — International

Iranians see widespread internet blackout amid mass protests
The Associated Press / September 21, 2022

NATO’s team in Albania to help on Iran-alleged cyberattack
Llazar Semini / The Associated Press / September 21, 2022

EU court rules German data retention rules illegal
The Associated Press / September 20, 2022

Cyberattack steals passenger data from Portuguese airline
The Associated Press / September 22, 2022

Australia’s second-largest telco confirms cyberattack
Alexander Martin / The Record / September 22, 2022

The Deep Roots of Nigeria’s Cybersecurity Problem
Olatunji Olaigbe / WIRED / September 19, 2022

Disinformation / Misinformation

Social Media Companies Still Boost Election Fraud Claims, Report Says
Steven Lee Myers / The New York Times / September 19, 2022

‘Hackers against conspiracies’: Cyber sleuths take aim at election disinformation
Maggie Miller / POLITICO / September 15, 2022

Pentagon Orders Review of Its Overseas Social Media Campaigns
Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / September 19, 2022

Food Supply Disruption Is Another Front for Russian Falsehoods
Jeremy W. Peters / The New York Times / September 19, 2022

In India, Debunking Fake News and Running Into the Authorities
Suhasini Raj / The New York Times / September 22, 2022

Elections During and After the Pandemic

First-Time Voters Guide
Sarah Drolet / MyMove / August 16, 2022

The ‘Cost’ of Voting in America: A Look at Where It’s Easiest and Hardest
Nick Corasaniti and Allison McCann / The New York Times / September 21, 2022

Report: Party control over election certification poses risks to the future of elections
Shawn Griffiths / The Fulcrum / September 16, 2022

Why we may not know who won the Senate on Election Day
Zach Montellaro / POLITICO / September 19, 2022

Election officials struggle to recruit poll workers for midterms amid growing threats
William Brangham, Matt Loffman and Ian Couzens / PBS NewsHour / September 19, 2022

CNN Exclusive: DHS rejects plan to protect election officials from harassment as midterms loom
Sean Lyngaas / CNN / September 20, 2022

Voter challenges, records requests swamp election offices
Nicholas Riccardi / The Associated Press / September 17, 2022

Mail ballot fight persists in key states, sure to slow count
Marc Levy / The Associated Press / September 20, 2022

Arizona: ‘Power of the Native vote’ drives a campaign to register Indigenous voters in Phoenix area
Arlyssa D. Becenti / Arizona Republic / September 21, 2022

Arkansas: Fingerprints not feasible for Arkansas voter rolls
Worth Sparkman / Axios / September 22, 2022

Michigan: ​Mail ballot preprocessing possible before election as negotiations continue
Ben Orner / MLive / September 21, 2022

Nevada: Nye County to use machines to tally votes, hand-count ballots later
Jessica Hill / Las Vegas Review-Journal / September 20, 2022

North Carolina: Elections workers test, audit voting machines ahead of vote
Lee Hinnant / The State Port Pilot / September 21, 2022

Oregon: Flood of record requests hamper Oregon election officials
Andrew Selsky / The Associated Press / September 19, 2022

Texas: Local elections offices introduce new paper-based voting equipment to the public
Brianna Maestas / Amarillo Globe-News / September 21, 2022

Texas: How poll watching will be different in upcoming Texas elections
Jala Washington and Jaclyn Ramkissoon / KTSM / September 21, 2022

Washington: Investigation uncovers truth behind voter fraud claims in Mason County
Chris Ingalls / KING5 / September 20, 2022

Wisconsin: Commission proposes review of Wisconsin poll observer rules
Harm Venhuizen / The Associated Press / September 21, 2022

Wisconsin: In Wisconsin, Election Skeptics Deploy as Poll Watchers for Midterms
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / September 19, 2022

Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen