Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
Election Cybersecurity
Facebook preparing plans in case Trump seeks to delegitimize election: report
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / Aug. 21, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
University of Utah pays ransomware attackers $457k
Colin Wood / EdScoop / Aug. 21, 2020
Hackers eye students returning to virtual classes as easy targets
Maggie Miller / The Hill / Aug. 21, 2020
FBI and CISA warn of major wave of vishing attacks targeting teleworkers
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet / Aug. 21, 2020
Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook’s billion-dollar balancing acthttps://www.wsj.com/articles/sheryl-sandberg-and-facebooks-billion-dollar-balancing-act-11598023448?mod=searchresults&page=2&pos=3
John D. Stoll / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 21, 2020
Apple says ‘Fortnite’ maker wanted ‘side letter’ to create own game store
Stephen Nellis / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
U.S. regulator proposes scaling back personal information from trading database
Katanga Johnson / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
As remote work continues, companies fret over how to monitor employees’ data handling
Catherine Stupp / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 21, 2020
Could tech get tangled in the Postal Service saga?
Alexandra S. Levine / POLITICO / Aug. 21, 2020
Face masks give facial recognition software an identity crisis
Alex Hern / The Guardian / Aug. 21, 2020
States join automated security pilot with MS-ISAC, Johns Hopkins
Phil Goldstein / StateTech Magazine / Aug. 21, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Hackers leak alleged internal files of Chinese social media monitoring firms
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE Media / Aug. 21, 2020
US tries to pick up pace in developing 5G alternative to Huawei
Jodi Xu Klein / South China Morning Post / Aug. 21, 2020
Few Singaporeans able to identify all phishing email: survey
Eileen Yu / ZDNet / Aug. 21, 2020
Home workers face chaos as Google services crash worldwide
Michael Cogley, Lucy Burton, and Simon Foy / The Telegraph / Aug. 21, 2020
Trump officials say WeChat ban won’t keep Apple out of China
Jennifer Jacobs et al. / Los Angeles Times / Aug. 21, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Facebook weighs ‘kill switch’ for political ads after U.S. election to curb misinformation, source says
Elizabeth Culliford and Neha Malara / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
Factbox: a state-by-state look at some of the U.S. Postal Service’s cuts
Jonathan Stempel et al. / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
Pence on QAnon: “I dismiss it out of hand”
Ursula Perano / Axios / Aug. 21, 2020
Fact check: Misleading meme featuring five claims about Kamala Harris
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
Fact check: Kamala Harris did not switch from identifying as Indian-American to Black
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
Fact check: Pre-pandemic footage used to discredit Biden campaign for “not wearing masks”
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
Fact check: Kamala Harris was in the second class of Berkeley Public Schools busing
Reuters Fact Check Team / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
North Carolina, 1st state to begin voting for president, sees record number of requests for absentee ballots
Tonya Simpson and Kelsey Walsh / ABC News / Aug. 21, 2020
A mail-voting redo in New Jersey
The Editorial Board / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 21, 2020
Voters in 6 villages will have no polling places
Casey Grove / Alaska Public Media / Aug. 18, 2020
Maine to expand voting access for visually impaired people after lawsuit
Caitlin Andrews / Bangor Daily News / Aug. 15, 2020
For Election Administrators, Death Threats Have Become Part of the Job
Jessica Huseman / ProPublica / Aug. 21, 2020
U.S. Postal Service launches election mail website ahead of elections
Nivedita Balu and Shouank Dasgupta / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
In rule change, Postal Service forbids employees from signing absentee ballots as witnesses
James Brooks / Anchorage Daily News / Aug. 19, 2020
Another Post Office Election Challenge: Making Sure Ballots Are Postmarked
Pam Fessler / National Public Radio / Aug. 18, 2020
Evictions Across US Raise Concerns About Voting Process
Alan Greenblatt / VOA News / Aug. 18, 2020
Voting by mail? These companies are rushing to print your ballot
Austen Hufford and Joshua Jamerson / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 21, 2020
6 states sue USPS, say changes hurt efforts to hold “free and fair elections”
Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath / Axios / Aug. 21, 2020
Postal Service will prioritize ballots over other mail, postmaster general testifies
Jacob Bogage et al. / The Washington Post / Aug. 21, 2020
What the Post Office Needs to Survive a Pandemic Election
Jessica Huseman et al. / ProPublica / Aug. 19, 2020
U.S. postmaster promises timely election mail, ‘dramatic’ changes after
Andy Sullivan and David Shepardson / Reuters / Aug. 21, 2020
Tensions flare as senators grill postmaster general
Maggie Miller and Jordain Carney / The Hill / Aug. 21, 2020
Nearly half of Americans say they are concerned about fairness of 2020 election: survey
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill / Aug. 21, 2020
Timeline: Voter suppression in the US from the Civil War to today
Terrance Smith / ABC News / Aug. 20, 2020