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21 Aug

Microsoft Detects More Russian Cyber Attacks Ahead of Mid-Term Election

Microsoft claims to have uncovered another new Russian hacking attempts targeting United States’ Senate and conservative think tanks ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. The tech giant said Tuesday that the APT28 hacking group—also known as Strontium, Fancy Bear, Sofacy,...
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19 Jul

Microsoft Says Russia Tried to Hack Three 2018 Midterm Election Candidates

Microsoft said it detected and helped the US government to block Russian hacking attempts against at least three congressional candidates this year, a Microsoft executive revealed speaking at the Aspen Security Forum today. Although the company refused to name the...
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4 Apr

Cyber #security a #priority for #area #election #officials

With election season quickly approaching, Grand Island workers are taking steps to secure their data. Election officials from across the state are taking advantage of training opportunities to stay up-to-date on cyber security measures. Last fall Secretary of State John...
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27 Mar

Intel #Chairman: Election #Cybersecurity Fixes ‘Might Not be in #Time to Save the #System’

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told senators that most states are being cooperative with the whole-of-government effort to protect voting systems from cyberintrusions, though there are two unnamed states “who aren’t working with us as much as we would like...
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22 Mar

U.S. #spending #bill to #provide $380 #million for #election #cyber security

A massive federal government spending bill unveiled on Wednesday includes $380 million to help safeguard U.S. voting systems from cyber attacks, in what would be Congress’ first concrete steps to bolster election security since the 2016 presidential campaign was marred...
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18 Mar

How the #U.S. can #prepare for a #major election #hack

Before the 2016 election, at least 21 U.S. states’ registration databases or websites were targeted by hackers and seven states were successfully “compromised,” although there’s no evidence that votes were altered. As U.S. intelligence agencies recently made clear, the risk...
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2 Jan

Pressure #builds to #improve election #cybersecurity

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Congressional efforts to secure election systems from cyberattacks are picking up steam with lawmakers under pressure to prevent hacks in the 2018 midterms. After the revelation that Russia tried to probe...
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6 Nov

Russian #hacking went far beyond #US election, #digital hitlist #reveals

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The hackers who upended the US presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton’s campaign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures, US defense contractors and thousands of others...
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4 Nov

Kremlin Tried To #Hack At Least 4,700 #Email Accounts Before The #Election

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An extensive, Russian-backed hacking operation targeted the email accounts of thousands of perceived Kremlin adversaries in 2015 and 2016, an Associated Press investigation has learned. The effort, broadly referred to as “Iron...
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8 Oct

Texas Election Official Says Russian Hacking Claim Was Wrong

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The top elections official for Dallas County says she was wrong when she claimed earlier this year that Russian hackers had attempted to access county voter registration rolls prior to the...
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