Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
April 5, 2025 – April 11, 2025
Election Cybersecurity
Election officials alarmed as Trump orders probe of former cybersecurity chief
https://www.votebeat.org/2025/04/10/trump-investigation-chris-krebs-election-officials-anxiety/
Jessica Huseman / Votebeat / April 10, 2025
Iowa’s top elections official concerned over cybersecurity funding pause
https://www.thegazette.com/campaigns-elections/iowas-top-elections-official-concerned-over-cybersecurity-funding-pause/
Maya Marchel Hoff / The Gazette / April 11, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology
White House releases guidance for AI use, acquisition in government; Senators look to expand Secret Service’s financial cybercrime authorities
https://fedscoop.com/radio/the-two-memos-follow-trumps-decision-to-rescind-the-biden-administrations-executive-order-on-ai-and-review-its-actions-but-much-appears-similar/
FedScoop / April 7, 2025
Nine Ways to Protect Yourself From ‘Impostor’ Voice Scams
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/ai-voice-imposter-scam-tips-99ce7164?mod=Searchresults_pos2&page=1
Julie Jargon / The Wall Street Journal / April 12, 2025
In Secret Meeting, China Acknowledged Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/in-secret-meeting-china-acknowledged-role-in-u-s-infrastructure-hacks-c5ab37cb?mod=Searchresults_pos2&page=1
Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / April 10, 2025
Thousands of intimate images found in hacking investigation of former NFL and Michigan coach
https://apnews.com/article/college-football-coach-hacking-michigan-083cdad26048a369ee69a2c56fe954a9
Ed White / The Associated Press / April 8, 2025
Microsoft patches zero-day actively exploited in string of ransomware attacks
https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-april-2025/
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop / April 8, 2025
Google addresses 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities in security update
https://cyberscoop.com/android-security-update-april-2025/
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop / April 7, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
Tariffs could jumpstart Beijing’s global spying efforts, executive warns
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/tariffs-china-spying-cybersecurity-hackers
Sam Sabin / Axios / April 8, 2025
BadBazaar and Moonshine malware targets Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur groups, U.K. warns
https://cyberscoop.com/badbazzar-and-moonshine-malware-targets-taiwanese-tibetan-and-uyghur-groups-u-k-warns/
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / April 9, 2025
Effort to Get Starlink in South Africa Collides With Tension Over Musk
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/africa/starlink-south-africa-elon-musk.html?searchResultPosition=3
John Eligon and Zimasa Matiwane / The New York Times / April 11, 2025
Hackers breach Morocco’s social security database in an unprecedented cyberattack
https://apnews.com/article/morocco-cyberattack-security-database-breach-753ce01484ceb8d1ec02459910285235
Sam Metz / The Associated Press / April 10, 2025
Disinformation / Misinformation
Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357885/newsmax-dominion-defamation-2020-election
Maddy Lauria / npr / April 9, 2025
The voters who could see more misinformation this election
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-voters-who-could-see-more-misinformation-this-election/l49dywg3s
Emma Brancatisano and Wing Kuang / SBS News / April 12, 2025
Poland warns of fake election news, CNN reputation exploited for disinformation
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/poland-warns-of-fake-election-news-cnn-reputation-1744474043.html
Bohdan Babaiev / RBC – Ukraine / April 12, 2025
How a false X post about pausing tariffs led to multitrillion-dollar market swings
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5355055/tariffs-markets-x-social-media
Bobby Allyn / npr / April 7, 2025
The Viral Threat: How Misinformation Is Ghana’s New National Security Crisis
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1392285/the-viral-threat-how-misinformation-is-ghanas.html
Bismarck Kwesi Davis / Modern Ghana / April 11, 2025
Election News — U.S. National and Local
Trump’s election order could jeopardize ‘hundreds of thousands’ of future mail ballots
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5351032/trump-election-order-mail-ballots-deadline
Ashley Lopez / npr / April 8, 2025
How the House’s requirement to prove US citizenship could affect the ability to register to vote
https://apnews.com/article/congress-save-act-citizenship-republicans-women-0c0ba9fd8e6a01cf144736490c71df21
Christina A. Cassidy / The Associated Press / April 10, 2025
House Passes GOP Bill Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-vote-save-act-citizenship-passed-692d292b?mod=Searchresults_pos3&page=1
Jasmine Li / The Wall Street Journal / April 10, 2025
South Carolina – South Carolinians who haven’t voted since November 2020 risk losing ‘active’ voter status. Here’s why
https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/some-south-carolinians-risk-losing-active-voter-status-heres-why/
Sophie Brams / Count on News 2 / April 8, 2025
Election News — International
Majority of polls close in Gabon’s first presidential election since a military coup in 2023
https://apnews.com/article/gabon-election-coup-military-junta-bongo-f223b704bf6750d845c3e4bb7aa71df5
Monika Pronczuk and Yves Laurent Goma / The Associated Press / April 12, 2025
What to know about Ecuador’s presidential runoff election
https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-presidential-election-noboa-luisa-gonzalez-correa-f3914829d739a8db92ea95be1a083415
The Associated Press / April 11, 2025
Upcoming Cybersecurity Events
From tabletops to threat hunting: Leveraging tabletop exercises for proactive defense
Mandiant / April 16, 2025
Cybersecuring Democracy: Strengthening Election Security
USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative / April 23, 2025
Cracks in the Network: Cybersecurity Failures, SALT Typhoon, and U.S. Cyber Leadership
The National Security Institute and the Center for the National Interest / April 23, 2025
AI Talks
AIScoop / April 24, 2025
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen