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Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
September 30, 2023 – October 6, 2023
Election Cybersecurity
Dominion election upgrade approved for first Georgia counties
Mark Niesse / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / October 5, 2023
Cybersecurity / Technology
Appeals court limits cyberdefense agency’s contacts with tech companies
Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / October 3, 2023
Sen. Warner Calls for AI Legislation Ahead of 2024 Elections
Grace Dille / MeriTalk / October 3, 2023
MGM Resorts Refused to Pay Ransom in Cyberattack on Casinos
Katherine Sayre / The Wall Street Journal / October 5, 2023
Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen
Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / October 7, 2023
23andMe investigating theft and leak of user data
Sam Sabin / Axios / October 6, 2023
Businesses with government contracts ripe targets for cyber attacks
Sam Sabin / Axios / October 3, 2023
NSA’s new project takes aim at foreign AI hacks
Sam Sabin / Axios / October 3, 202
New X change removes users’ ability to block, report certain ads
Tara Suter / The Hill / October 7, 2023
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Ukraine cyber-conflict: Hacking gangs vow to de-escalate
Joe Tidy / BBC News / October 6, 2023
Climate, Technology, Ukraine and Youth Dominated at the Forum
Farah Nayeri / The New York Times / October 3, 2023
Red Cross officials want civilian hackers to follow rules amid war. Here’s why.
Tim Starks / The Washington Post / October 5, 2023
A toxic mix of tech and hate threatens India’s democracy
The Washington Post / October 8, 2023
Disinformation / Misinformation
Voter rolls are becoming the new battleground over secure elections as amateur sleuths hunt fraud
Morgan Lee and Anthony Izagiurre / The Associated Press / October 6, 2023
‘2000 Mules,’ a key piece of election misinformation, has its day in court
Philip Bump / The Washington Post / October 3, 2023
U.S. lawmakers question Meta and X over AI-generated political deepfakes ahead of 2024 election
Matt O’Brien / The Associated Press / October 5, 2023
Tom Hanks Warns of Dental Ad Using A.I. Version of Him
Derrick Bryson Taylor / The New York Times / October 2, 2023
In Australian ‘Voice’ referendum, door-knockers battle misinformation
Michael E. Miller / The Washington Post / October 6, 2023
A Polarized Australia Confronts ‘Trump Style Misinformation’
Yan Zhuang / The New York Times / October 7, 202
Election News — U.S. National and Local
Drop boxes have become key to election conspiracy theories. Two Democrats just fueled those claims
Christina A. Cassidy and Susan Haigh / The Associated Press / October 7, 2023
Turnover of Election Officials in Swing States Adds Strain for 2024, Report Says
Neil Vigdor / The New York Times / October 5, 202
Alaska – Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system attracts national attention
Yereth Rosen / Wrangell Sentinel / October 4, 2023
Arizona – Arizona recount law could delay certifying 2024 election, officials say
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / The Washington Post / October 5, 2023
Iowa – Iowa Democrats releasing caucus results on Super Tuesday
Julia Mueller / The Hill / October 6, 2023
Louisiana – Everything you need to know about Louisiana’s primaries — in one place
Meg Martin and Molly Ryan / WWNO / October 5, 2023
Ohio – Understanding Ohio’s updated mail-in voting, absentee ballot procedures for 2023 election
Kurt Ludlow / ABC 6 / October 3, 2023
Texas – Cherokee County Elections Department now offers texting service
Cleburne Times Review / October 8, 2023
Virginia officials work to fix error that mistakenly removed some voters from rolls during early voting
Victoria Lucas / WRIC / October 5, 2023
Wisconsin – Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons in the states
Gary Fields and Scott Bauer / The Associated Press / October 8, 2023
Election News — International
Britain’s Labour Scores Decisive Victory in Parliamentary Election in Scotland
Mark Landler / The New York Times / October 5, 2023
Taiwan elects its own leaders so is already independent: presidential frontrunner
Reuters / OCtober 6, 2023
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen