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Election Cybersecurity
Tell her to come out of hiding”: Mesa County clerk hasn’t been home; officials vote to replace election equipment
Justine Wingerter / The Denver Post / Aug. 24, 2021
Report: Most federal election security money remains unspent
Roxana Hegeman / The Associated Press / Aug. 24, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology
T-Mobile hacker who stole data on 50 million customers: ‘their security is awful’
Drew FitzGerald and Robert McMillan / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 26, 2021
FACT SHEET: Biden Administration and private sector leaders announce ambitious initiatives to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity
The White House / Aug. 25, 2021
Biden tells top CEOs at White House summit to step up on cybersecurity
Cat Zakrzewski et al. / The Washington Post / Aug. 25, 2021
New CISA director wants to spend less time cleaning up after big hacks, more time preparing for them
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Aug. 24, 2021
1 big thing: The government-industry cyberdefense dance
Ina Fried / Axios / Aug 26. 2021
Tech companies pledge billions in cybersecurity investments
Eric Tucker / The Associated Press / Aug. 25, 2021c
T-Mobile hacker explains how he breached carrier’s security
Noah Garfinkel / Axios / Aug. 26, 2021
New Hampshire town loses $2.3M in taxpayer money to cyberattack
Marc Fortier / NBC Boston / Aug. 24, 2021
Scammers and hackers see new frontier in NFT art
Kelly Crow / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 25, 2021
Hackers exploit WhatsApp modification tool to snoop on texts, force paid subscriptions
Tim Starks / CyberScoop / Aug. 24, 2021
A thumbs down for streaming privacy
Shira Ovide / The New York Times / Aug. 24, 2021
That email asking for proof of vaccination might be a phishing scam
Tatum Hunter / The Washington Post / Aug. 24, 2021
Federal agencies to expand use of facial recognition
Noah Garfinkel / Axios / Aug. 25, 2021
Intel lands Pentagon Deal to support domestic chip making
Dave Sebastian / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 23, 2021
DOD to establish new zero trust management team this fall
Jackson Barnett / FedScoop / Aug. 25, 2021
How the FCC got boxed out of the broadband push
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios / Aug. 25, 2021
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Spies for Hire: China’s new breed of hackers blends espionage and entrepreneurship
Paul Mozur and Chris Buckley / The New York Times / Aug. 26, 2021
U.S. announces cyber deals with Singapore as Washington looks to counter Beijing
Martin Matishak / The Record / Aug. 23, 2021
Scammers impersonate Europol chief in an effort to defraud Belgians
Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop / Aug. 26, 2021
Russia uses new hardware to target Navalny’s anti-Kremlin app – experts
Anton Zverev and Tom Balmforth / Reuters / Aug. 24, 2021
What to know about the spying scandal linked to Israeli tech firm NSO
Daniel Estrin / NPR / Aug. 25, 2021
Report finds NSO Group’s spyware used on Bahraini activists
Alan Suderman / The Associated Press / Aug. 24, 2021
Fears loom over Afghanistan’s internet
Laurens Cerulus / POLITICO / Aug. 25, 2021
UK risks EU data deal by pursuing global tie-ups
Costas Pitas et al. / Reuters / Aug. 26, 2021
Malaysian chip makers still struggling to meet demand, association says
Liz Lee / Reuters / Aug. 26, 2021
S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee / Reuters / Aug. 25, 2021
Disinformation / Misinformation
Despite warning labels, Trump’s election misinformation tweets spread widely across social media platforms, new study finds
NYU Press Release / New York University / Aug. 24, 2021
A top Republican in Pennsylvania promises to review the 2020 results as conspiracy theories flourish
Nick Corasaniti / The New York Times / Aug. 24, 2021
Missouri elections committee hearing dominated by conspiracies, misinformation
Galen Bacharier / Springfield News-Leader / Aug. 24, 2021
The Cybersecurity 202: In this Colorado county, election conspiracies led to a real-world leak
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Aug. 26, 2021
Facebook said to consider forming an election commission
Ryan Mac et al. / The New York Times / Aug. 25, 2021
Conservative hoaxers face $5.1M fine for election robocalls
David Eggert / The Associated Press / Aug. 24, 2021
He was the ‘perfect villain’ for voting conspiracists
Susan Dominus / The New York Times / Aug. 24, 2021
The Technology 202: Study finds sites that mislead, not flat-out lie, attract record share of Facebook engagements
Cristiano Lima / The Washington Post / Aug. 24, 2021
Instead of restricting political ads on social media, actually address the misinformation in them
The Washington Post / Aug. 24, 2021
Youtube magic dust: how america’s second largest social media platform ducks controversies
The Washington Post / Aug. 25, 2021
Facebook’s vaccine misinformation problem: researchers say company lacks transparency
Shirin Ghaffary / WBUR / Aug. 24, 2021
YouTube has removed over 1M ‘dangerous coronavirus information’ videos
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Aug. 25, 2021
Rejecting covid inquiry, China peddles conspiracy theories blaming the U.S.
Austin Ramzy and Amy Chang Chien / The New York Times / Aug. 25, 2021
South Korea parliament set to pass law to curb ‘fake news’
Sangmi Cha / Reuters / Aug. 25, 2021
Elections During and After the Pandemic
In the latest blow to Trump, GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania plan to launch hearings on 2020 vote
Elise Viebeck / The Washington Post / Aug. 24, 2021
The Cybersecurity 202: Election officials are tearing into the Maricopa County audit
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Aug. 24, 2021
Report on Arizona ballot review is delayed after Cyber Ninjas chief and colleagues test positive
Rosalind S. Helderman / The Washington Post / Aug. 23, 2021
Four election reviews are ongoing in Wisconsin after Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden. Here’s where they stand
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Aug. 24, 2021
Former Wisconsin GOP head: Election probe will cost $680,000
Scott Bauer / The Associated Press / Aug. 24, 2021
Judge sanctions Trump allies and orders legal education for failed election lawsuit
Alana Wise / NPR / Aug. 25, 2021
‘I had to do what I was told’: Former Westmoreland County elections director claims scapegoating in federal lawsuit
Lacretia Wimbley / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / Aug. 24, 2021
Candidate pleads guilty in alleged Florida vote scam
Terry Spencer / The Associated Press / Aug. 24, 2021
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul taps State Sen. Brian Benjamin as Lieutenant Governor
James Fanelli / The Wall Street Journal / Aug. 25, 2021
Virginia GOP sues to keep McAuliffe off Governor race ballot
Erik Larson / Bloomberg / Aug. 26, 2021
Former NFL player Herschel Walker, supported by Trump, jumps into the Georgia Senate race
Meryl Kornfield / The Washington Post / Aug. 24, 2021
Texas legislature set to debate controversial voting-rights bill
Matthew G Miller / Bloomberg / Aug. 26, 2021
House passes bill to strengthen Voting Rights Act in face of new restrictions in GOP-led states
Eugene Scott / The Washington Post / Aug. 24, 2021
Trudeau deploys vaccine mandates as wedge issue in Canada’s election
Paul Vieira
Germany’s Merkel vows party will fight as polls worsen
Geir Moulson / The Associated Press / Aug. 24, 2021
Zambians cheer inauguration of new leader Hakainde Hichilema
Farai Mutsaka / The Associated Press / Aug. 24, 2021
Brexit negotiator Barnier is running for French President
Ania Nussbaum and Alan Katz / Bloomberg / Aug. 26, 2021