Daily Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
USC in the News
The Cybersecurity 202: Courts rule election money from Facebook founder will stay despite conservative attempts to reverse it
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Oct. 27, 2020
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Election Cybersecurity
U.S. Homeland Security agency faulted for election planning around potential violence
Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
CISA chief rips IG report, touts election security efforts
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Oct. 27, 2020
Cybersecurity and U.S. election infrastructure
Foreign Policy / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook removes foreign accounts targeting U.S. election
Steve Overly / POLITICO / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook warns of foreign operators exaggerating their election-interference abilities
Jeff Horwitz and Dustin Volz / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
U.S. voter info has always been public — but now it’s getting weaponized
Kevin Coller / NBC News / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook says suspected Iranian hackers behind U.S. election threats operated in 2019
Jack Stubbs / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Trump campaign website suffers apparent hack
Tal Axelrod / The Hill / Oct. 27, 2020
Trump allies amp up fight over tech’s legal shield before election
David McCabe / The New York Times / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook warns of “perception hacks” undermining trust in democracy
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology
Campaigns clash with cellphone carriers over political texts
Sarah Krouse and Emily Glazer / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
How politicians target you: 3,000 data points on every voter, including your phone number
Geoffrey A. Fowler / The Washington Post / Oct. 27, 2020
U.S. issues warning to businesses about North Korean hackers
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook is tilting the political playing field more than ever, and it’s no accident
Michael Brand / The Conversation / Oct. 27, 2020
Artists target Facebook in complaint to policymakers
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Fed seek at least 6 months in prison for leak to BuzzFeed
Josh Gerstein / POLITICO / Oct. 27, 2020
Lawmakers want to protect local newspapers from Google, Facebook
Keach Hagey / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
Microsoft’s earnings continue to ride pandemic-fueled demand for cloud, videogaming
Aaron Tilley / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: A hands-off CEO in a time of turmoil
Kirsten Grind and Georgia Wells / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
Twitter, Facebook, Google reportedly to tell Senate new content rules would destroy expression on the Internet
Tiernan Ray / ZDNet / Oct. 27, 2020
Google case is déjà vu for Justice Department’s no. 2 official
Brent Kendall and Aruna Viswanatha / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
Cyber Daily: U.S. has authority to ban TikTok, government lawyers say; Hackers extort therapy patients in Finland
The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
Mark Cuban is seeking the next generation of AI ‘superstars’
Sara Castellanos / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
Big Tech earnings approach under antitrust cloud
Noel Randewich / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Smart Cities Connect 2020: Houston emphasizes resilience in pandemic solutions
Mickey McCarter / StateTech Magazine / Oct. 27, 2020
Pre-Covid planning enabled ‘unthinkable’ digital transformation at USF
Colin Wood / EdScoop / Oct. 27, 2020
Strong CIO partnerships helped universities survive the pandemic
Betsy Foresman / EdScoop / Oct. 27, 2020
Virginia disperses $116M in CARES Act funding to universities
Colin Wood / EdScoop / Oct. 27, 2020
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Customer information from Swedish security firm Gunnebo leaked by hackers
Supantha Mukherjkee and Helena Soderpalm / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Cyberattack strikes media-monitoring company used by Australian government
Josh Taylor and Christopher Knaus / The Guardian / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook’s top public policy executive in India steps down
Newley Purnell / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
China clamping down on mobile web browsers over dissemination of ‘chaos’
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill / Oct. 27, 2020
Older women on China’s TikTok are being scammed by flirtatious fake celebrities, highlighting a prevalent problem on the platform
Xinmei Shen and Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post / Oct. 27, 2020
AI foretells student’s educational outcomes based on social media posts
Adilin Beatrice / Analytics Insight / Oct. 27, 2020
Disinformation / Misinformation
Pre-bunking rises ahead of the 2020 election
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Tech battens down the hatches for Election Day chaos
Kyle Daly / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Google says it will ban political ads following election
Rachel Lerman / The Washington Post / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook prepares measures for possible election unrest
Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman / The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook ban on new political ads starts off with major hiccups
Rachel Lerman and Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / Oct. 27, 2020
Facebook says new pre-election political ad rules apply to boosted posts
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election
Paresh Dave / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Twitter labels Trump tweet on mail-in ballots “misleading”
Fadel Allassan / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Fact check US: Would Joe Biden’s energy plan cause the loss of 10.3 million jobs in the oil and gas industry?
Thérèse Rebière / The Conversation / Oct. 27, 2020
Fact check: Joe Biden did not call ‘call it a day’ at 9 a.m. on Oct. 25
Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Fact check: Biden’s Bristol, PA rally did not have only 25 people in attendance
Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Fact check: U.S. and ‘Thin Blue Line’ flags were displayed at Trump Wisconsin rally
Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Fact check: Video does not show Joe Biden ‘caught off guard’ without a mask when he ‘thought cameras were off’
Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Nicaragua passes bill criminalizing what government considers fake news
Ismael Lopez / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
The year in misinformation, so far
Kevin Roose / The New York Times / Oct. 27, 2020
Elections During a Pandemic
Study warns five states at high risk for election-related armed violence by militia groups
Justine Coleman / The Hill / Oct. 27, 2020
Judge rules South Carolina can’t reject absentee ballots over signature mismatches
Fadel Allassan / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Supreme Court rejects request to extend Wisconsin absentee ballot deadline
Stef W. Kight and Rebecca Falconer / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Texas Supreme Court: State can restrict drop-off sites to one per county
Shawna Chen / Axios / Oct. 27, 2020
Desperate voters book last-minute flights to the polls: ‘Five hours of flying is more than worth it’
Teo Armus / The Washington Post / Oct. 27, 2020
Amid USPS delays, election experts and campaigns weigh in: Don’t mail your ballot
Jacob Bogage / The Washington Post / Oct. 27, 2020
Voting by mail isn’t so easy on Native American reservations
Stephen Groves and Pia Deshpande / The Associated Press / Oct. 27, 2020
Many college students hoped to vote in swing states. Then the COVID-19 pandemic sent them home
Kurtis Lee / Los Angeles Times / Oct. 27, 2020
Pandemic transforms some Americans into voting rights activists in raft of lawsuits
Tom Hals / Reuters / Oct. 27, 2020
Early-voting surge scrambles Election Day expectations as some states gallop toward 2016 turnout levels
Amy Gardner and Rosalind S. Helderman / The Washington Post / Oct. 27, 2020
One week out, election IT officials project calm, with caution
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Oct. 27, 2020