Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
January 25, 2025 – January 31, 2025
Election Cybersecurity
US cybersecurity agency’s future role in elections remains murky under the Trump administration
https://apnews.com/article/cisa-dhs-cybersecurity-election-security-trump-d17f40ad31f85a7538a7904efbea6b49
Christina A. Cassidy / The Associated Press / January 30, 2025
Securing state and local elections: The critical role of data protection
https://www.americancityandcounty.com/government-technology/securing-state-and-local-elections-the-critical-role-of-data-protection
https://www.americancityandcounty.com/government-technology/securing-state-and-local-elections-the-critical-role-of-data-protection Jim Coyle / American City and County / January 29, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology
State and local governments should prepare for changes to CISA, cyber experts say
https://statescoop.com/state-local-governments-cisa-changes-2025-kristi-noem/
Sophia Fox-Sowell / StateScoop / January 30, 2025
GenAI Increasingly Powering Scams, Wall Street Watchdog Warns
https://www.wsj.com/articles/genai-increasingly-powering-scams-wall-street-watchdog-warns-a6592d54?mod=Searchresults_pos5&page=1
Richard Vanderford / The Wall Street Journal / January 28, 2025
DARPA wants to create ‘self-healing’ firmware that can respond and recover from cyberattacks
https://cyberscoop.com/darpa-redc-bus-cybersecurity-firmware/
Derek B. Johnson / CyberScoop / January 30, 2025
DeepSeek sparks concern about securing U.S. data
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/deepseek-us-china-data-privacy-cyber-threats
Sam Sabin / Axios / January 28, 2025
WhatsApp says it disrupted spyware campaign aimed at reporters, civil society
https://cyberscoop.com/whatsapp-says-it-disrupted-spyware-campaign-aimed-at-reporters-civil-society/
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / January 31, 2025
How a Free Software Strategy Catapulted DeepSeek to AI Stardom
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-free-software-strategy-catapulted-deepseek-to-ai-stardom-67e98349?mod=Searchresults_pos7&page=1
Belle Lin / The Wall Street Journal / January 29, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using U.S. AI Products to Bolster Cyberattacks
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-are-using-u-s-ai-products-to-bolster-cyberattacks-ff3c5884?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1
Dustin Volz and Robert McMillan / The Wall Street Journal / January 29, 2025
Department of Justice partners with Dutch police to break up HeartSender network
https://cyberscoop.com/doj-saim-raza-heartsender-takedown/
Greg Otto / CyberScoop / January 30, 2025
Disinformation / Misinformation
AI and the 2024 Election Series Part IV: Policy Considerations for the Future
https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/ai-and-the-2024-election-series-part-iv-policy-considerations-for-the-future/
Chris McIsaac / R Street / January 28, 2025
Trudeau Government Left Canada Vulnerable to Foreign Interference, Report Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/canada/canada-elections-foreign-interference-inquiry.html
Norimitsu Onishi / The New York Times / January 28, 2025
False rumors of ICE raids spark panic in cities around U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/immigration-raids-misinformation-trump
Astrid Galván et al. / Axios / January 30, 2025
DeepSeek’s Answers Include Chinese Propaganda, Researchers Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/technology/deepseek-chinese-propaganda.html?searchResultPosition=1
Steven Lee Myers / The New York Times / January 31, 2025
Social media without fact-checking will destabilize the Global South
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5116466-social-media-without-fact-checking-will-destabilize-the-global-south/
Ashfaq Zaman / The Hill / January 30, 2025
Election News — U.S. National and Local
Election administrators anticipate continued challenges
https://www.naco.org/news/election-administrators-anticipate-continued-challenges
Charlie Ban / NACo / January 20, 2025
Alaska – Alaskans don’t have a right to correct errors on absentee ballots, state judge rules
https://www.adn.com/politics/2025/01/27/alaskans-dont-have-a-right-to-correct-errors-on-absentee-ballots-state-judge-rules/
Sean Maguire / Anchorage Daily News / January 27, 2025
Ohio – Ohio senator wants to codify election investigation unit in secretary of state’s office
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/31/ohio-senator-wants-to-codify-election-investigation-unit-in-secretary-of-states-office/
Nick Evans / Ohio Capital Journal / January 31, 2025
Pennsylvania’s upgrade of glitchy voter registration system falls further behind schedule
https://www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania/2025/01/30/sure-voter-registration-system-upgrade-contract-delay/
Carter Walker / VoteBeat / January 30, 2025
Texas – Some Brazos Valley counties may have to change their election equipment after software decertification
https://www.kbtx.com/2025/01/31/3-brazos-valley-counties-may-have-change-their-election-equipment-software-decertification/
Dylan Chryst Watkiss / KBTX / January 30, 2025
Wyoming – Hand counting votes? Ban on ballot drop boxes? Election bills move through Legislature
https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-government/2025-01-30/hand-counting-votes-ban-on-ballot-drop-boxes-election-bills-move-through-legislature
Chris Clements / Wyoming Public Radio / January 30, 2025
Election News — International
EU rejects election in Belarus and threatens new sanctions
https://apnews.com/article/eu-rejects-belarus-election-7398527b65def27b6927b0286ebeef83
The Associated Press / January 26, 2025
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Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen