Tag: US Election

  • Report: Russia’s US Election Interference Was Widespread

    Report: Russia’s US Election Interference Was Widespread Jurisdictional Issues Have Impeded Full Digital Forensic Investigations Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • September 4, 2017 Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Credit Eligible Get Permission Photo: Read full news article on bankinfosecurity.com  

  • Commentary on US Election Security

    Commentary on US Election Security Good commentaries from Ed Felten and Matt Blaze. Both make a point that I have also been saying: Read full news article on Schneier on Security  

  • Russia ‘targeted 21 states’ during US election campaign, says official

    During the recent US Senate Intelligence Committee hearings on Russian interference in US elections Jeannette Manfra, the acting deputy under-secretary for cybersecurity and communications, provided the soundbite of the day: As of right now we have evidence of election related systems in 21 states that were targeted. Read full news article on Naked Security  

  • Moroccan Hackers Tried to Hack US Election: Report

    A Moroccan hacking group infiltrated the IT networks of at least four Miami school districts ahead of the US presidential election last year, with the hope of hacking voting systems, according to a new report. The group, known as MoRo, is said to have infected the school networks with malware which turned off logging tools,…

  • Claims that Russian agents hacked US voting system

    Hacking Olympic sites in Brazil in protest to the negative affect the Olympics had on the Brazilian population is just a small example of hacking because what was just claimed made everyone stand on their tip-toes: Read full news article on Hackers News Bulletin  

  • Putin: “Patriotic” Hackers May Have Meddled with US Election

    Russian President Vladimir Putin says that “patriotically minded” private Russian hackers may have been behind the election-season hacking in the United States last year. Speaking to reporters in St. Read full news article on Infosecurity  

  • Fancy Bear US Election Hackers Doctored Leaked Documents

    The Russian hackers behind the break-in at the Democratic National Committee last summer have been caught engaging in “tainted leaks”—i.e., inserting fake information into stolen documents and then releasing them in a disinformation effort. The first victim of this treatment, according to an investigation by Citizen Lab, was a journalist and noted Kremlin critic David…

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