Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
December 7, 2024 – December 13, 2024
USC in the News
ADM+S hosts USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative to consider Fair Elections in the Age of AI
https://www.admscentre.org.au/adms-hosts-usc-election-cybersecurity-initiative-to-consider-fair-elections-in-the-age-of-ai/
ADM+S Centre / December 4, 2024
Election Cybersecurity
Collaboration was key to nation’s most ‘cyber-secure’ election to date
https://statescoop.com/cybersecurity-secure-election-day-2024/
Keely Quinlan / StateScoop / December 11, 2024
Bomb threats and cyberattacks: How election officials prepared for the 2024 election
https://statescoop.com/radio/election-day-2024-cyberattacks-bomb-threats-disruptions/
StateScoop / December 11, 2024
Cybersecurity / Technology
How the 119th Congress can move the needle on US cybersecurity
https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/5038872-cybersecurity-modernization-congress/
David Hickton and Mark Montgomery / / December 14, 2024
The FBI says your texts aren’t secure. Do you need to stop?
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5031144-the-fbi-says-your-texts-arent-secure-do-you-need-to-stop/
Alix Martichoux / The Hill / December 15, 2024
SEC disclosure rules baffle companies, one year later
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/10/sec-cyber-disclosure-investors
Sam Sabin / Axios / December 10, 2024
Personal Data of Rhode Island Residents Breached in Large Cyberattack
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/cyberattack-rhode-island-ribridges-snap-medicaid.html?searchResultPosition=2
Aimee Ortiz / The New York Times / December 14, 2024
Turning up the heat on China’s telco hackers
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/13/salt-typhoon-telecom-china-hacks-response
Sam Sabin / Axios / December 13, 2024
Local governments need more cyber funding, report finds
https://statescoop.com/local-government-cybersecurity-funding-cis-2025/
Sophia Fox-Sowell / StateScoop / December 12, 2024
From translation to email drafting, State Department turns to AI to assist workforce
https://fedscoop.com/state-department-ai-chatbot-email-drafting-northstar-famsearch/
Madison Alder / FedScoop / December 11, 2024
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
China responds to U.S. AI export controls with Nvidia investigation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/09/china-nvidia-probe/
Shannon Najmabadi and Gerrit De Vynck / The Washington Post / December 9, 2024
Court indicts 14 North Korean IT workers tied to $88 million in illicit gains
https://cyberscoop.com/court-indicts-14-north-korean-it-workers-tied-to-88-million-in-illicit-gains/
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / December 12, 2024
New ‘Termite’ ransomware group claims responsibility for Blue Yonder cyberattack
https://cyberscoop.com/termite-ransomware-blue-yonder-disruption/
Greg Otto / CyberScoop / December 9, 2024
Disinformation / Misinformation
Combating Russia’s Global Disinformation Campaign
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/combating-russia%E2%80%99s-global-disinformation-campaign-214018
Thomas Kent / The National Interest / December 9, 2024
State Dept. disinfo unit faces shutdown amid GOP’s war on censorship
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/11/global-engagement-center-gec-censorship-disinfo/
Will Oremus / The Washington Post / December 11, 2024
Outraged? You’re more likely to share misinformation, study finds.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/04/foreign-disinfo-2024-election-outrage-science-study/
Will Oremus / The Washington Post / December 4, 2024
Election News — U.S. National and Local
Alabama – Madison County opens $1.7 million elections management center to strengthen election security
https://yellowhammernews.com/madison-county-opens-1-7-million-elections-management-center-to-strengthen-election-security/
Austen Shipley / Yellow Hammer News / December 10, 2024
California – Error sent wrong ballots to hundreds of Fresno County voters. Here’s how it happened
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article296962859.html
Tim Sheehan / The Fresno Bee / December 12, 2024
Colorado – Investigation finds Colorado election equipment passwords were posted accidentally, but safeguards also lacking
https://www.cpr.org/2024/12/09/colorado-election-machines-passwords-investigation-results/
Bente Birkeland / CPR News / December 9, 2024
Iowa – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate puts election changes at top of legislative priorities
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/12/iowa-secretary-of-state-paul-pate-lays-out-2025-legislative-priorities-recount-noncitizen-voting/76921488007/
Brianne Pfannenstiel and Marissa Payne / Des Moines Register / December 12, 2024
Utah – Utah election audit finds no ‘significant fraud,’ but raises concern over voter roll maintenance
https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2024/12/09/utah-election-audit-finds-no-significant-fraud-but-raises-concern-over-voter-roll-maintenance/
Katie McKellar / Utah News Dispatch / December 9, 2024
Virginia – Early voting begins in two special elections for Virginia House, Senate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/12/11/virginia-elections-youngkin-legislature/
Laura Vozzella / The Washington Post / December 11, 2024
Election News — International
Ex-soccer player Kavelashvili becomes Georgia’s president in a blow to country’s EU aspirations
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-president-zourabichvili-russia-kavelashvili-protests-3a7f5018879c77b6c596d312a163b79c
Sophiko Megrelidze / The Associated Press / December 14, 2024
Ghana’s ex-leader is declared the presidential election winner and pledges ‘reset’ in a bad economy
https://apnews.com/article/ghana-election-president-mahama-409cfac5c60e0ab8056b04c867e068bc
Francis Kokutse and Monika Pronczuk / The Associated PRess / December 9, 2024
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Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen