Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
Q&A: USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative’s Powell on the Battle Ahead
Phil Goldstein / StateTech Magazine / July 7, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
House Democrats include $500M for election security in annual appropriations bill
Maggie Miller / The Hill / July 7, 2020
Can our ballots be both secret and secure?
Sue Halpern / The New Yorker / July 7, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
DOJ warns of ‘mask exemption’ card scam
Lindsey Nadrich / KOIN 6 News / July 7, 2020
The Cybersecurity 202: Cybersecurity pros are uniting in a battle to save encryption
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / July 7, 2020
Vast phishing campaign hits Microsoft users in 62 countries
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / June 7, 2020
Phishing attacks: This sophisticated new group has been operating undiscovered for at least a year
Danny Palmer / ZDNet / July 7, 2020
FBI Director Wray warns of Chinese hacking, espionage threats against American companies
Maggie Miller / The Hill / July 7, 2020
Feds indict “fxmsp” in connection with million-dollar hacking operation
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop / June 7, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. probing allegations TikTok violated children’s privacy – sources
Diane Bartz / Reuters / July 7, 2020
What will the next decade of government technology look like?
Colin Wood / StateScoop / July 7, 2020
Digital Government: The Next Decade – A StateScoop and EdScoop Special Report
EdScoop / July 7, 2020
Government’s technology officials step out from ‘behind the curtain’
Ryan Johnston / StateScoop / July 7, 2020
National security commission on AI needs to be more transparent, court rules
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / June 7, 2020
Pandemic’s disruption gave universities time to regroup on tech
Betsy Foresman / WorkScoop / July 7, 2020
Amazon Web Services pushes into the final frontier with new space division
Miriam Kramer / Axios / July 7, 2020
U.S. e-commerce adopts a social network strategy from China
Sara Fischer / Axios / July 7, 2020
U.S. adds more than 200,000 IT workers in June
Angus Loten / The Wall Street Journal / July 7, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
German police seize DDoSecrets server distributing “Blueleaks” files
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop / June 7, 2020
Hongkongers, spooked by Beijing’s new national security law, are scrubbing their digital footprints
Karen Chiu and Josh Ye / South China Morning Post / July 7, 2020
In Hong Kong national security law, echoes of China’s own cyber crackdown
Cate Cadell / Reuters / July 7, 2020
National security law: social media giants refusing to cooperate with Hong Kong police may have to make exit plans, analysts say
Phila Siu and Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post / July 7, 2020
How U.S. restrictions drove Deutsche Telekom and Huawei closer together
Laurens Cerulus / POLITICO / July 7, 2020
Huawei says U.S. pressure on Brazil threatens long delays in 5G rollout
Gabriela Mello / Reuters / July 7, 2020
Huawei’s window of opportunity closes: how geopolitics triumphed over technology
Simon Lacey / The Conversation / July 7, 2020
China could be using TikTok to spy on Australians, but banning it isn’t a simple fix
Paul Haskell-Dowland and James Jin Kang / The Conversation / July 7, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
New acting head named at Open Technology Fund after purge
Sara Fischer / Axios / July 7, 2020
YouTube runs Trump, Biden campaign ads alongside videos from white supremacists and Russian media
Mark Scott / POLITICO / July 7, 2020
Facebook pledges to ‘get better and faster’ at addressing hate speech
Marty Johnson / The Hill / July 7, 2020
Civil-rights groups express disappointment with Facebook meeting
Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman / The Wall Street Journal / July 7, 2020
Coronavirus: misinformation is leading to ‘fake news’ anxieties in Dutch refugee communities
Ilse van Liempt and Mieke Kox / The Conversation / July 7, 2020
Has Singapore’s fake news law passed the election test?
Bhavan Jaipragas / South China Morning Post / July 7, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Full hand recount for Macon County sheriff could take weeks
Tristan Hardy / WAND 17 / July 6, 2020
Arizona online voter registration experiencing issues ahead of deadline
Sam Radwany / KGUN ABC 9 Tuscon / July 6, 2020
Woodbury County officials count over 8,000 absentee ballots as part of special election
Libbie Randall / KTIV 4 / July 6, 2020
Maine officials see unprecedented demand for absentee ballots ahead of July 14 primary election
Zach Blanchard / News Center Maine / July 7, 2020
Baker Signs Massachusetts Vote By Mail Bill Into Law
4 WBZ (CBS Boston) / July 6, 2020
New Jersey and Delaware hold nearly all-mail primaries
Associated Press / Los Angeles Times / July 7, 2020
New Jersey takes steps to protect primary’s vote-by-mail ballots
Alexa Corse / The Wall Street Journal / July 7, 2020
Mail-in ballots returned to some N.J. voters after post office mix-up
Katie Kausch / nj.com / July 7, 2020
People with convictions cast ballots in New Jersey primary after regaining right to vote
Jonah Walters / The Guardian / July 7, 2020
Vote by mail coming for fall elections; advocate reports confusion over presidential primary options
Sophia Schmidt / Delaware Public Media / July 6, 2020
Explainer: Fraud is rare in U.S. mail-in voting. Here are the methods that prevent it
Andy Sullivan / Reuters / July 7, 2020
Delayed election results could be a test for Twitter, Facebook
Kartikay Mehrotra / Bloomberg / June 7, 2020
As November loom, so does the most litigious election ever
Michael Wines / The New York Times / June 7, 2020
Mail-in voting can keep all of us safer
Editorial Board / Startribune / June 7, 2020