Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
As election nears, USC-led cybersecurity initiative pivots to voter education and access
Emily Gersema / USC News / Sept. 11, 2020
Election Cybersecurity
The U.S. imposed sanctions on a Ukrainian with ties to Russia, citing election interference.
Pranshu Verma and Kenneth P. Vogel / The New York Times / Sept. 11, 2020
Russia and China dismiss Microsoft allegations of bids to hack Biden and Trump camps
Reuters Staff / Reuters / Sept. 11, 2020
Russian intelligence hackers are back, Microsoft warns, aiming at officials of both parties
David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth / The New York Times / Sept. 10, 2020
Voting machine hearing hijacked by images of 9/11, swastikas and porn
Kate Brumback / The Associated Press / Sept. 11, 2020
U.S. Senate committee joins House panel in probing Homeland whistleblower complaint
Mark Hosenball / Reuters / Sept. 11, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Tech’s election-season survival plan: transparency
Sara Fischer and Ashley Gold / Axios / Sept. 11, 2020
Even cybersecurity companies spill data and passwords
Danny Palmer / ZDNet / Sept. 11, 2020
Q&A: Former Illinois CIO Ron Guerrier on the pandemic and future
Mickey McCarter / StateTech Magazine / Sept. 11, 2020
Alabama universities get $72 million for remote-learning tech
Colin Wood / EdScoop / Sept. 11, 2020
Rutgers surveyed students on remote learning, crafted tips for teachers
Jake Williams / EdScoop / Sept. 11, 2020
Democratic groups push AGs to file Google antitrust suit
Leah Nylen / POLITICO / Sept. 11, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Home Affairs secretary foresees change in Commonwealth cyber operating model
Asha Barbaschow / ZDNet / Sept. 11, 2020
Are your devices spying on you? Australia’s very small step to make the Internet of Things safer
Kayleen Manwarinng and Roger Clarke / The Conversation / Sept. 11, 2020
U.K. government funds cybersecurity assessments for smaller medical suppliers
James Rundle / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 11, 2020
UK extradition hearing for Assange to resume Monday after negative COVID test
Reuters Staff / Reuters / Sept. 11, 2020
Workers of the world … unite on Zoom
Ryan Heath / POLITICO / Sept. 11, 2020
Hacking the pandemic: how Taiwan’s digital democracy holds COVID-19 at bay
Kelsie Nabben / The Conversation / Sept. 11, 2020
Trump’s first TikTok move: A China quagmire of his own making
Meridith McGraw / POLITICO / Sept. 11, 2020
Marxist memes for TikTok teens: can the internet radicalize teenagers for the left?
Joshua Citarella / The Guardian / Sept. 12, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Twitter and Google join Facebook in tightening rules on US election claims
Alex Hern / The Guardian / Sept. 11, 2020
Google blocks search suggestions to stop election misinformation
Jacqueline Davalos / Bloomberg / Sept. 10, 2020
Getting wise to fake news
Paula Span / The New York Times / Sept. 11, 2020
Challenger to QAnon supporter bows out of U.S. House race in Georgia
Ben Nadler / The Associated Press / Sept. 11, 2020
Police debunk social media misinformation linking Oregon wildfires to activists
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Sept. 11, 2020
Fact check: Clarifying Trump’s 80 million ‘unsolicited’ ballots claim
Reuters Staff / Reuters / Sept. 11, 2020
Fact check: Biden has not proposed an annual 3% federal tax on homes
Reuters Staff / Reuters / Sept. 11, 2020
Fact check: Media have not been silent on three operations finding children in U.S.
Reuters Staff / Reuters / Sept. 11, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Federal court says Florida felons can’t vote until they pay fines
Jacob Gershman / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 11, 2020
Pending Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on whether to add Green Party ticket to the presidential ballot upends election preparations
Amy Gardner / The Washington Post / Sept. 11, 2020
Mail-vote madness in Pennsylvania
The Editorial Board / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 11, 2020
Changes at USPS trigger concerns about potential effects on mail-in voting in Hawaii
Casey Lund / Hawaii News Now / Sept. 9, 2020
How Washington state holds its elections by mail
Isaac Chotiner / The New Yorker / Sept. 8, 2020
A million mail-in ballots could go uncounted this fall. The USPS may not be to blame
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times / Sept. 11, 2020
Postal service can handle a surge of mail-in ballots, U.S. says
David Yaffe-Bellany / Bloomberg / Sept. 11, 2020
Vote by mail: how absentee, mail-in voting is going in 2020
Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg / Sept. 11, 2020
Exclusive: Facebook will give workers paid time off to work polls
Sara Fischer / Axios / Sept. 11, 2020
How do you get out the vote in the Instagram age? Ask big-name artists to help
Makeda Easter / Los Angeles Times / Sept. 11, 2020
Felons have the potential to swing close 2020 races
Nolan D. McCaskill / POLITICO / Sept. 11, 2020
Trump campaign rallies make their comeback
Michael C. Bender and Anthony DeBarros / The Wall Street Journal / Sept. 11, 2020
It feels like no one can be bothered with the New Zealand election any more
Claire Robinson / The Guardian / Sept. 11, 2020