Cybersecurity, disinformation dominates hearing on elections

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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Election officials say U.S. Postal Service woes place election mail at risk

A letter from election officials in all 50 states and D.C. said the agency needed to take immediate action.

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Phishing in focus: Disinformation, election and identity fraud

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

Justice Department accuses Russia of interfering with 2024 elections

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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CISA moves away from trying to influence content moderation decisions on election disinformation

Director Jen Easterly and other leaders said engaging social media firms to remove inaccurate posts is “not our role.”

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Tech giants reveal plans to combat AI-fueled election antics

Letters sent to Sen. Warner and shared exclusively with CyberScoop show platforms’ approach to AI and elections following calls that they aren’t doing enough.

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AI-fueled phishing scams raise alarm ahead of U.S. presidential election

Highlighting growth of phishing and digital scams targeting United States citizens, Bolster released a research that identified 24 separate nation-state threat actor groups attempting to exploit rising political tensions across the US to interfere with… Continue reading AI-fueled phishing scams raise alarm ahead of U.S. presidential election

Supreme Court hands Trump immunity for some attacks on election system

Experts warned that Monday’s ruling hands former President Donald Trump a major victory to avoid accountability for efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election.

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Picketed at work, confronted at church: Why election workers have left the job

Election workers facing unprecedented harassment are retiring in huge numbers, posing a threat to the U.S. voting system. 

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U.S. election official: ‘Whack-a-mole’ strategies less effective to combat disinfo

A more fragmented information ecosystem is making it more difficult to combat disinformation. 

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