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As the United States of Americas enter the final days of the race for the White House, the FBI has warned that fraudsters are using the presidential election campaign to scam citizens out of their savings and personal data.
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Tech leaders believe the upcoming election will likely impact cybersecurity/data protections, AI and machine learning, and user data and content oversight. Continue reading EY Survey: US Election Will Have a Big Impact On Tech
Tina Peters, a former county clerk for Mesa County, Colo., was sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted earlier this year on seven felony counts for facilitating a data breach involving voting system data in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. The incident is widely viewed as one of the most serious […]
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The US has announced charges, sanctions and a $10 million reward for Iranian hackers accused of targeting elections.
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Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden’s campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump’s campaign.
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Hackers keep making claims about voter information compromise, but the US government says they’re just trying to sow distrust in the elections.
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The lessons learned from the 2016 election hacking made US officials more open about the recent Iranian hack targeting presidential campaigns.
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Meta said it discovered a network of Iranian hackers, who posed as tech support agents for companies including AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google.
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The assessment from agencies was the first time the U.S. government assigned blame for hacks that have raised anew the threat of foreign election interference.
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Google says it blocked Iranian APT42 hackers from accessing the personal email accounts of individuals affiliated with the US elections.
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