Articles Related to Election Cybersecurity
May 17, 2025 – May 23, 2025
Election Cybersecurity
New audit highlights cybersecurity weaknesses in Utah elections
https://kslnewsradio.com/elections-politics-government/elections/utah-elections-audit/2214767/
Andy Cupp / KSL News Radio / May 21, 2025
Local Officials Call on Congress for Election Security Funding Boost
https://www.meritalk.com/articles/local-officials-call-on-congress-for-election-security-funding-boost/
Grace Dille / MeriTalk / May 19, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology
Massachusetts 19-year-old pleading guilty to stealing, extorting teacher and student private data
https://apnews.com/article/data-hack-powerschool-assumption-university-31923c3df90f72caff12e2175aa8b37e
The Associated Press / May 21, 2025
Gen Z’s new side hustle: selling data
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/gen-z-data-privacy-generation-lab-verb-ai
Erica Pandey / Axios / May 20, 2025
Scammers using confusion amid Trump’s tariffs to trick consumers
https://thehill.com/business/5311906-scammers-donald-trump-tariffs-confusion-consumers/
Anna Kutz / The Hill / May 22, 2025
Large-scale sting tied to Operation Endgame disrupts ransomware infrastructure
https://cyberscoop.com/operation-endgame-ransomware-infrastructure-takedown-europol/
Greg Otto / CyberScoop / May 23, 2025
Cybersecurity / Technology – International
Russian hackers target Western firms shipping aid to Ukraine, US intelligence says
https://apnews.com/article/russia-cyberattack-ukraine-aid-nsa-6308ca3e11c8299470df573e4f422878
David Klepper / The Associated Press / May 22, 2025
Tanzania blocks access to X after it says hackers targeted government accounts
https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-cyberattack-x-disabled-government-d8a4a16349541ccb6f20181fbd4a655e
The Associated Press / May 21, 2025
UK retailer Marks & Spencer puts cyberattack cost at $400 million with disruptions ongoing
https://apnews.com/article/britain-cyberattack-cybersecurity-marks-spencer-fef28bc0947576903cf83c3f42afc1e8
The Associated Press / May 21, 2025
Disinformation / Misinformation
Trump order targets barcodes on ballots. They’ve long been a source of misinformation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-qr-codes-eaa28de62e54463dff116f09e09f7686
Charlotte Kramon / The Associated Press / May 19, 2025
Fact-checkers forecast which dodgy claims will do most damage
https://www.economist.com/international/2025/05/15/fact-checkers-forecast-which-dodgy-claims-will-do-most-damage
The Economist / May 15, 2025
Deepfake Laws Bring Prosecution and Penalties, but Also Pushback
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/business/media/deepfakes-laws-free-speech.html
Tiffany Hsu / The New York Times / May 22, 2025
Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/trump-online-misinformation-grants.html
Steven Lee Myers / The New York Times / May 15, 2025
Fox News accuses Smartmatic executives of deleting evidence amid 2020 defamation lawsuit
https://abcnews.go.com/US/fox-news-accuses-smartmatic-executives-deleting-evidence-amid/story?id=122051824
Olivia Rubin / ABC News / May 21, 2025
Election News — U.S. National and Local
The weighty lesson from Arizona’s ‘fake electors’ stumble
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/23/fake-electors-trump-prosecution/
Jason Willick / The Washington Post / May 23, 2025
Judge deals blow to Arizona case over 2020 Republican electors
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/19/arizona-electors-case/
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Patrick Marley / The Washington Post / May 19, 2025
Iowa – Iowa’s Secretary of State forms advisory group to ensure fair elections
https://www.kimt.com/news/iowa/iowas-secretary-of-state-forms-advisory-group-to-ensure-fair-elections/article_aa3c004c-413f-403b-be08-6fe4bda5215a.html
Mike Bunge / KIMT / May 22, 2025
Montana – Changes coming to Montana elections
https://montanafreepress.org/2025/05/16/how-lawmakers-are-changing-montana-election-laws/
Tom Lutey / MTFP / May 16, 2025
Election News — International
Portugal’s election result falls short of ending political instability. Here’s what to know
https://apnews.com/article/portugal-election-instability-4a46c3cc3dd2a336bb183890e586ad84
Barry Hatton / The Associated Press / May 19, 2025
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Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Shelby Bolen