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Romania Cancels Presidential Election Results After Alleged Russian Meddling on TikTok
2024-12-07 07:25

In a historic decision, Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election amid allegations of Russian interference. As a result, the...

Romania's election systems targeted in over 85,000 cyberattacks
2024-12-05 23:57

A declassified report from Romania's Intelligence Service says that the country's election infrastructure was targeted by more than 85,000 cyberattacks. [...]

AI and the 2024 Elections
2024-12-04 12:09

It’s been the biggest year for elections in human history: 2024 is a “super-cycle” year in which 3.7 billion eligible voters in 72 countries had the chance to go the polls. These are also the...

AI-Powered Fake News Campaign Targets Western Support for Ukraine and U.S. Elections
2024-11-29 13:17

A Moscow-based company sanctioned by the U.S. earlier this year has been linked to yet another influence operation designed to turn public opinion against Ukraine and erode Western support since...

US warns of last-minute Iranian and Russian election influence ops
2024-11-05 16:23

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is warning about last-minute influence operations conducted by Iranian and Russian actors to undermine the public trust in the integrity and...

FBI: Upcoming U.S. general election fuel multiple fraud schemes
2024-10-30 13:44

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of multiple schemes taking advantage of the upcoming U.S. general election to scam people out of their money or personal data. [...]

Phishing scams and malicious domains take center stage as the US election approaches
2024-10-22 04:00

Phishing scams aimed at voters, malicious domain registrations impersonating candidates, and other threat activity designed to exploit unassuming victims take center stage as the US election...

China’s Spamouflage cranks up trolling of US Senator Rubio as election day looms
2024-10-21 22:30

Note to Xi: Marco and Ted Cruz aren't the same person China's Spamouflage disinformation crew has been targeting US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) with its fake news campaigns over the past...

AI and the 2024 US Elections
2024-09-30 11:00

For years now, AI has undermined the public’s ability to trust what it sees, hears, and reads. The Republican National Committee released a provocative ad offering an “AI-generated look into the...

U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes
2024-09-28 06:03

U.S. federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian nationals who are allegedly employed with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their targeting of...