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Much has been written about the need to further secure our elections, from ensuring the integrity of voting machines to combating fake news. But according to a report quietly issued by a...
Microsoft says it has detected more than 740 infiltration attempts by nation-state actors in the past year targeting U.S.-based political parties, campaigns and other democracy-focused...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania's message was clear: The state was taking a big step to keep its elections from being hacked in 2020. Last April, its top election official told counties they had to...
Bipartisan legislation formally unveiled this week would require the Department of Homeland Security to send notifications on breaches affecting the election systems. read more
Proposed legislation would force Homeland Security to sound alarm on voting system intrusions Two US lawmakers are pushing a bipartisan bill that would force the Department of Homeland Security...
The case of whether hackers may have tampered with elections in Georgia has taken another strange turn. read more
Funding for Cybersecurity Enhancements SoughtA group of 22 state attorneys general, mainly from Democratic-leaning states, are demanding Congress offer local officials more support - including...
Florida’s county elections departments will retain $2.3 million in unspent grant money aimed at stopping cyber-attacks on the state’s voting system, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. read more
Russia's efforts to sow misinformation on Twitter ahead of the 2016 US election was more extensive and professional than earlier believed, security researchers said Wednesday. read more
As more data is collected, shared and sold, people are growing increasingly distrustful of technology, an expert said at Infosecurity Europe Wednesday.