Collaborate Disseminate
The report gave CISA high marks for its election security work but raised questions about a lack of strategic guidance from DHS.
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Steve Simon has served as Minnesota’s 22nd Secretary of State since 2015, overseeing elections across 87 counties and managing the state’s voter registration database. His tenure has spanned three presidential election cycles, including in 2016, when the Russian government waged a covert campaign to interfere with U.S. election infrastructure, and in 2020, when false claims […]
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said information from RT employees indicate the media outlet is “functioning like a de facto arm” of the Russian government.
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Once a side issue, nearly every topic brought up during a House hearing on elections related to cybersecurity or false claims around election fraud.
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Once a side issue, nearly every topic brought up during a House hearing on elections related to cybersecurity or false claims around election fraud.
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The frequency of phishing attacks is rising as attackers increasingly utilize AI to execute more scams than ever before. In this Help Net Security video, Abhilash Garimella, Head Of Research at Bolster, discusses how phishing scams are now being hosted… Continue reading Phishing in focus: Disinformation, election and identity fraud
U.S. officials said they expect Russia, Iran and China to increase the cadence of influence operations targeting voters over the final two months of this election cycle.
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The US has cracked down on an influence operation sponsored by the Russian government, announcing charges, sanctions and domain seizures.
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The U.S. government announced indictments, seizures and sanctions against individuals they say were associated with a propaganda campaign targeting the 2024 election.
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Director Jen Easterly and other leaders said engaging social media firms to remove inaccurate posts is “not our role.”
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