Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
February 15, 2025 – February 21, 2025
Election Cybersecurity
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/trump-foreign-influence-election-interference.html
Steven Lee Myers et al. / The New York Times / February 20, 2025
Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling
https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-security-fbi-cisa-foreign-interference-98f1e17c8a6d5923db945a27f06458e7
Ali Sweden and Christina A. Cassidy / The Associated Press / February 16, 2025
Microsoft eyes expansion in Poland, backs election cybersecurity
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7786/Artykul/3486388,microsoft-eyes-expansion-in-poland-backs-election-cybersecurity
PolskieRadio / February 18, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology
Salt Typhoon gained initial access to telecoms through Cisco devices
https://cyberscoop.com/cisco-talos-salt-typhoon-initial-access/
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop / February 20, 2025
Edge device vulnerabilities fueled attack sprees in 2024
https://cyberscoop.com/edge-device-vulnerabilities-fuel-attack-sprees/
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop / February 19, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
Apple yanks encrypted storage in U.K. instead of allowing backdoor access
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/21/apple-yanks-encrypted-storage-uk-instead-allowing-backdoor-access/
Joseph Menn / The Washington Post / February 21, 2025
Pro-Russian hackers attack Italian websites after president compares invasion of Ukraine to Nazis
https://apnews.com/article/italy-russia-hacker-attacks-ukraine-invasion-mattarella-d19818bfac0c89e159382e4dbfdf8ee5
The Associated Press / February 18, 2025
Russia-aligned threat groups dupe Ukrainian targets via Signal
https://cyberscoop.com/russia-threat-groups-target-ukraine-signal/
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop / February 19, 2025
Disinformation / Misinformation
OpenAI finds new Chinese influence campaigns using its tools
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/21/openai-chinese-influence-campaigns
Ina Fried / Axios / February 21, 2025
Zelensky says Trump “lives in a disinformation space” of Russian propaganda
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/zelensky-says-trump-lives-in-a-disinformation-space-of-russian-propaganda
Barak Ravid / Axios / February 19, 2025
Election News — U.S. National and Local
Does Ranked Choice Voting Create Barriers for Minority Voters?
https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/does-ranked-choice-voting-create-barriers-for-minority-voters/
Dana Guterman / The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation / February 17, 2025
Nevada – Two Nevada senate bills focus on election processing, fake electors
https://www.fox5vegas.com/2025/02/19/two-nevada-senate-bills-focus-election-processing-fake-electors/
Fox 5 / February 18, 2025
Pennsylvania – 3 politicians are accused of faking mail-in ballots in a 2021 mayoral race in a Philly suburb
https://apnews.com/article/mail-ballot-fraud-voting-election-pennsylvania-48dd3f370aae579333cf848867d1ea3f
The Associated Press / February 21, 2025
Election News — International
UK accuses Russia of planning to interfere in upcoming Central African Republic elections
https://apnews.com/article/un-central-african-republic-russia-uk-us-7fc7855b39112f6801bfb0e72dcb5b75
Edith M. Lederer / The Associated Press/ February 20, 2025
Don’t go it alone: Use private collections in threat intelligence to strengthen your trusted circles
Megan DeBlois and Google Threat Intelligence Product Manager / February 27, 2025
Gov Identity Summit 2025
Okta / March 3, 2025
Public Sector Summit 25
Elastic / March 19, 2025
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen