Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
March 29, 2025 – April 4, 2025
Election Cybersecurity
Judge in long-running lawsuit declines to block the use of Georgia’s voting system
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-voting-machines-lawsuit-dominion-c3c39534dd2a3e885b981b46a0f11ac4
Kate Brumback / The Associated Press / April 1, 2025
Polish prime minister says his party was targeted in cyberattack ahead of election
https://apnews.com/article/poland-cyberattack-tusk-2773f16eacae3186e5bf0a18964c9bdc
The Associated Press / April 2, 2025
State Officials Defend Critical Cybersecurity Grant Program
https://www.governing.com/policy/state-officials-defend-critical-cybersecurity-grant-program
Jule Pattison-Gordon / Governing / April 2, 2025
The Trump admin cut election security funds. Now officials fear future elections may be ‘less secure.’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-admin-cut-election-security-funds-00258787
Maggie Miller / POLITICO / March 31, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology
Bipartisan push needed to protect government devices from China’s DeepSeek
https://thehill.com/opinion/5222071-deepseek-threat-united-states/
Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Jon Husted (R-Ohio) / The Hill / March 31, 2025
Scammers may benefit from ChatGPT’s new image tool
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/chatgpt-image-generator-scams-fake-documents
Sam Sabin / Axios / April 3, 2025
Trump’s firing of NSA chief is ‘rolling out the red carpet’ for cyber attacks
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/trump-fires-nsa-cyber-command-timothy-haugh-00273859
Maggie Miller and Amy Mackinnon / POLITICO / April 4, 2025
Inside the hazy, fractured mess of Signal use in the government
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/inside-the-hazy-fractured-mess-of-signal-chats-in-the-government-00264466
Maggie Miller and Amy Mackinnon / POLITICO / April 2, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
International intelligence agencies raise the alarm on fast flux
https://cyberscoop.com/fast-flux-nsa-cisa-advisory-bulletproof-hosting/
Greg Otto / CyberScoop / April 3, 2025
Cybercom discovered Chinese malware in South American nations — Joint Chiefs chairman nominee
https://defensescoop.com/2025/04/01/cybercom-chinese-malware-south-america-dan-caine-joint-chiefs-trump/
Mark Pomerleau / DefenseScoop / April 1, 2025
Disinformation / Misinformation
Russia blames Ukraine for stalled talks in new disinformation campaign – Ukraine’s intelligence
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-blames-ukraine-for-stalled-talks-in-1743858897.html
Bohdan Babaiev / RBC Ukraine / April 5, 2025
Govt Cracks Down on AI Misinformation and Deepfakes: MoS IT in Parliament
https://apacnewsnetwork.com/2025/04/govt-cracks-down-on-ai-misinformation-and-deepfakes-mos-it-in-parliament/?utm_source=USC%27s+Election+Security+Initiative&utm_campaign=aec5c40dcf-Sunday_Newsletter_9_22_2024_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7c82581396-aec5c40dcf-362194464
APAC Media / April 4, 2025
Tackling the disinformation threat in India
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/tackling-the-disinformation-threat-in-india/article69400007.ece
Abhishek Roy Choudhury / The Hindu / April 2, 2025
West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/west-texas-measles-outbreak-children-treated-vitamin-a-medical-disinformation/
David Martin Davies / Texas Public Radio / April 1, 2025
Election News — U.S. National and Local
States sue to block Trump’s election order, saying it violates the Constitution
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-states-lawsuit-5790caa7d4d801c4053e73dfa50622e9
Lindsay Whitehurst and Christina A. Cassidy / The Associated Press / April 4, 2025
Wisconsin – Milwaukee ballot shortages, spring election saw historic turnout
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-ballot-shortage-april-election
Christina Van Zelst / Fox 6 / April 2, 2025
Election News — International
Ukraine hasn’t held elections since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Here’s why
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-elections-timing-war-zelenskyy-critics-f4f810d810ffc3cf4c81b241bbd76dac
The Associated Press / March 31, 2025
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Google / April 9-11, 2025
From tabletops to threat hunting: Leveraging tabletop exercises for proactive defense
Mandiant / April 16, 2025
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen