The Cyberthreats That Most Worry Election Officials
Hoping to quell fears about foreign hackers and repel potential threats, many states and counties are beefing up their plans to deal with cyberattacks.
Alexa Corse
National security reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Washington
States Detail Election-Security Plans
State election officials plan to spend about two thirds of election security money allocated by Congress earlier this year on new voting equipment and cybersecurity efforts. But the bulk of improvements won't be completed before the November elections.
No, You Can’t Vote Via Text or Tweet
As midterm elections loom, state officials and social-media companies work to combat disinformation on how to vote.
Mueller Indictment Adds Urgency to Securing 2018 Midterm Elections
PHILADELPHIA—Special counsel Robert Mueller’s latest move briefly hijacked a closed-door meeting of state election officials and federal cybersecurity personnel here last Friday, as phones buzzed with news alerts about his indictment against Russians allegedly behind a spree of hacks before the 2016 election.
Homeland Security Chief: Mueller Indictment Shows Foreign Election-Meddling Has Consequences
PHILADELPHIA—Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen warned Saturday that Russia’s election interference amounted to a “direct attack on our democracy"...
States Need to Modernize the Polling Place, but Funding Is Scarce
Federal money set aside to help states upgrade voting equipment is running out, at a time when many states seek to replace aging machines and further fortify against cyberattacks.
State Election Officials to Get Security Clearances for Cyberthreat Data
DHS is clearing the way for state election officials to apply for security clearances so they can review classified information about cyberthreats, federal and state authorities said in interviews.
Election Officials, Homeland Security Begin to Formalize Cybersecurity Efforts
Officials from a dozen states and the federal government took preliminary steps this week toward more formal cooperation regarding election-security efforts at a two-day meeting near Albany, N.Y.
Trump Request for Voter Details Rattles States
State election officials are being thrust into the spotlight by an unusual records request from President Donald Trump’s election-integrity commission, along with an intensifying debate over cybersecurity.
South Carolina May Prove a Microcosm of U.S. Election Hacking Efforts
To understand the scale of the hacking attempts against election systems in the 2016 presidential election, consider South Carolina.
How Maryland Contended With Attempted Hack Of Its Voter-Registration System
Last August, Maryland’s State Board of Elections noticed something suspicious: Someone was probing the state’s online voter-registration system, using an internet address originating in the Netherlands.
Pokemon Go Is a Hacker’s Dream
To play it, you have to give up your most private information. It’s only a matter of time, experts say, before that data is in hackers’ hands.
Chinese Hackers Target U.S. University With Government Ties
A prominent American university with ties to the Defense Department and intelligence agencies is the latest target of Chinese hackers.
UVA Cyber Attack Originated in China
The university confirmed the hack occurred over two months ago. The university waited until now to publicly reveal the attack.
