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21 Jan

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | US election still vulnerable to attacks, despite security improvements

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Days away from the Iowa caucuses, and less than 11 months from the general election, voting and election security continues to be a challenge for the U.S political system. Threats to...
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21 Jan

#hacking | Federal policy change takes proactive approach to election hacking, lo | Depend On WOKV – Jacksonville’s News, Weather, and Traffic

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans With election season ramping up across the country, local election officials are happy to see a new change in federal policy. The FBI announced last week that the agency is working...
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20 Dec

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | NBC News forms new election security team – Axios

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Driving the news: While the team has been publishing investigative stories on this topic for some time now, its first major cross-platform investigation on election security will debut Thursday on “The...
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9 Dec

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Digital election interference

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans David Warburton, Principal Threat Evangelist at the cyber threat intelligence product company F5 Labs, discusses how cybercriminals aim to disrupt elections. The UK general election is almost upon us, and it...
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24 Nov

#cyberfraud | #cybercriminals | Election officials talk cybersecurity | Herald Citizen

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans BY JIM HERRIN Cybersecurity was the topic of the day as more than 100 election officials from across Tennessee came to Cookeville Friday for a seminar. “We take it very seriously...
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3 Nov

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Cyber officials tout reforms with one year to Election Day

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Officials and cyber experts are expressing confidence in reforms made to prevent a repeat of election hacking and foreign interference one year ahead of their biggest test yet, Election Day 2020, even...
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18 Oct

Microsoft to Reward Hackers for Finding Bugs in Open Source Election Software

Fair elections are the lifelines of democracy, but in recent years election hacking has become a hot topic worldwide. Whether it’s American voting machines during the 2016 presidential election or India’s EVMs during 2014 general elections, the integrity, transparency, and...
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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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