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Russia Ramps up Global Elections Interference: Lessons for the United States csis.org/blogs/technology-po…

Russia Ramps up Global Elections Interference: Lessons for the United States | CSIS

Although Moscow has interfered in elections in post-Soviet states for decades, Russian interference through cyberattacks, hack-and-leak operations, and online disinformation campaigns has escalated...

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Why You Can’t Just Vote on Your Phone During the Pandemic newyorker.com/tech/annals-of… via @NewYorker

Why You Can’t Just Vote on Your Phone During the Pandemic

For computer scientists who study election software, online-voting programs are a security nightmare, vulnerable to malware and manipulation.

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OPINION | Coloradans can trust the mail ballot coloradopolitics.com/opinion… via @colo_politics

OPINION | Coloradans can trust the mail ballot

Wayne Williams Colorado’s 64 county clerks this week will mail out ballots to 3.5 million Coloradans.  Having served four years as Colorado’s 38th secretary of state, I want to highlight some of...

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'Sloppy' Mobile Voting App Used in Four States Has 'Elementary' Security Flaws vice.com/en_us/article/akw7m… via @vice
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An Op-Ed From the Future on Election Security - something to keep you up at night lawfareblog.com/op-ed-future…
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We know how to protect our elections: Election security isn't that hard politi.co/2ZQ3sEo

Election security isn't that hard

We can have safe elections if we follow these three steps.

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Please help stop this: Taylor County elections chief defends security of new voting system reporternews.com/story/news/… via @reporternews

Taylor County elections chief defends security of new voting system

The county will spend $2.1 million on new machines that a national center has criticized as not being as safe as paper ballots.

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Software vendor may have opened a gap for hackers in 2016 swing state politi.co/2IhgoZa
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Quoting from the article, "Instead of holding the custodian of the data responsible for not protecting it, the people who find the flaw are attacked, he said." Exclusive: Georgia’s Voter Registration System Like ‘Open Bank Safe Door’ - WhoWhatWhy whowhatwhy.org/2018/11/04/ex…

Exclusive: Georgia’s Voter Registration System Like ‘Open Bank Safe Door’

“Massive” vulnerabilities in Georgia’s online voter registration system have been discovered that allow anyone with minimal computer expertise to access and change the private information of Peach...

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As usual, Kim Zetter gets it right. Read: Texas Voting Machines Have Been ‘a Known Problem’ for a Decade motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a… via @motherboard
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In Georgia, a legal battle over electronic vs. paper voting wapo.st/2QADbm8?tid=ss_tw-bo…
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Blockchain voting, the newest snake oil: Voting by Smartphone: Quick and Easy, Just Not Very Secure spon.de/afijh via @SPIEGELONLINE
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We still don't know if some election management systems contain remote access software. Inexcusable. Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a… via @motherboard
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Open-Source Software Won't Ensure Election Security. Open source is desirable, but it is not a panacea. lawfareblog.com/open-source-…
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Expert: Putin can hack our midterm elections yahoo.com/news/expert-putin-… via @YahooNews
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Indiana may need millions of dollars to prevent election hacking by Russia and others indy.st/2tzPvs0 via @indystar
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Erdogan Stokes Vote-Rigging Fears voanews.com/a/leaked-erdogan…

Erdogan Stokes Vote-Rigging Fears

Video leaks just over a week before critical elections

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Trump Says He Gave Kim Jong Un His Direct Number. Never Do That wired.com/story/trum-kim-jon… via @WIRED
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Here's the email Russian hackers used to try to break into state voting systems interc.pt/2JbrQ85 by @samfbiddle
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Two vendors now sell iPhone cracking technology – and police are buying computerworld.com/article/32… via @computerworld
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