Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
August 16, 2025 – August 22, 2025
Election Cybersecurity
DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/22/nx-s1-5508345/election-security-grants-trump-voting-policy Miles Parks and Stephen Fowler / NPR / August 23, 2025
Trump warns of ‘harsh measures’ if Colorado clerk convicted of election data-breach scheme isn’t freed
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-warns-of-harsh-measures-if-colorado-clerk-convicted-of-election-data-breach-scheme-isnt-freed
PBS News / August 21, 2025
Election security advice from Putin
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2025/08/19/election-security-advice-from-putin-00515121
Maggie Miller and Eric Bazail-Eimil / POLITICO / August 19, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology
He Sold His Likeness. Now His Avatar Is Shilling Supplements on TikTok.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/business/tiktok-ai-avatars.html
Sapna Maheshwari / The New York Times / August 17, 2025
The future is bot versus bot
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/22/ai-bots-internet-web-history
Scott Rosenberg / Axios / August 22, 2025
‘Rapper Bot’ hit the Pentagon in at least 3 cyberattacks
https://defensescoop.com/2025/08/20/rapper-bot-hit-pentagon-dodin-in-at-least-3-cyber-attacks/
Brandi Vincent / DefenseScoop / August 20, 2025
Army looking to inject more cyber capabilities into formations at the division level
https://defensescoop.com/2025/08/22/army-inject-more-cyber-capabilities-into-formations-divisions/
Mark Pomerleau / DefenseScoop / August 22, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
How North Korea’s IT army is hacking the global job market
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/19/north-korea-it-worker-fraud-fortune-500
Sam Sabin / Axios / August 19, 2025
Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons: In the 21st century, space is the new battlefield
https://apnews.com/article/space-weapons-trump-satellites-russia-0fdd31a1e3d350a54823e8a3d228fc17
David Klepper / The Associated Press / August 18, 2025
Interpol-led crackdown disrupts cybercrime networks in Africa that caused $485 million in losses
https://cyberscoop.com/interpol-operation-serengeti-2-africa/
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop / August 22, 2025
Disinformation / Misinformation
Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims
https://apnews.com/article/dominion-voting-newsmax-defamation-trump-2020-3b2366dfdae3a8432afe822bf14fe1ef
Nicholas Riccardi / The Associated Press / August 18, 2025
Foreign disinformation enters AI-powered era
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/22/ai-disinformation-china-golaxy-vanderbilt
Sam Sabin / Axios / August 22, 2025
Hundreds of HHS staffers call on Kennedy to stop misinformation in wake of CDC shooting
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5461478-health-workers-demand-kennedy-action/
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill / August 20, 2025
Election News — U.S. National and Local
President Says He’ll ‘Lead a Movement’ to Eliminate Mail-In Ballots
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/18/us/trump-news
The New York Times / August 18, 2025
Voting-rights groups announce national expansion to reach underrepresented communities
https://statescoop.com/voter-participation-center-expansion/
Keely Quinlan / StateScoop / August 21, 2025
California – Prosecutors link LA contract to Smartmatic ‘slush fund’ as voting tech firm battles Fox in court
https://apnews.com/article/smartmatic-voting-fox-news-philippines-los-angeles-11f9b6163e73acec526ea3078f9b6045
Josgua Goodman and Jennifer Peltz / The Associated Press / August 21, 2025
North Carolina – North Carolina updates more than 20,000 voter records, seeks more ID numbers
https://apnews.com/article/voter-registration-records-north-carolina-86f8f08c07aaf0c011dc1e73bd8c0a05
Gary D. Robertson / The Associated Press / August 18, 2025
Oregon – Oregon Secretary of State Read rejects Trump Justice Department demands for voter data
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/21/oregon-secretary-of-state-read-rejects-trump-justice-department-demands-for-voter-data/
Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle / August 21, 2025
Election News — International
The Global Election Monitor: Tracking Electoral Integrity Challenges and Innovations
https://www.idea.int/news/global-election-monitor-tracking-electoral-integrity-challenges-and-innovations
Julian Tucker and Erik Asplund / IDEA / August 21, 2025res / The Associated Press / August 12, 2025
Upcoming Cybersecurity Events
Embracing Competition in the Changing Broadband and Video Marketplace
https://itif.org/events/register/?id=13cfd222-f7e6-41f1-9342-d0736b4204ed
ITIF / August 26, 2025
NCSA WEBCAST: Tactile Cybersecurity: Why Physical Devices Still Matter in a Digital World
National Cyberwatch Center / August 28, 2025
Inside Europe’s AI Strategy with EU AI Office Director Lucilla Sioli
CSIS / August 28, 2025
AI & TECH FOR GOVERNMENT: Innovation In Action
FedScoop / September 9, 2025
AI & Tech Summit
POLITICO / September 16, 2025
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen