President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) US intel officials: Kremlin once again prefers Trump In a briefing with reporters on Tuesday, U.S. intelligence officials said Russia is the most active U.S. adversary seeking to influence American politics. Jul 9, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, gives an opening statement during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. The 2024 race promises to be ‘very, very active’ in terms of foreign and domestic meddling, says former CISA chief Chris Krebs said he expects to see Russia, China and Iran — and even domestic groups — attempt to influence and disrupt the presidential race. Jun 1, 2023 By Elias Groll
Clark County Election Department poll workers check people in at a table as people vote at the Meadows Mall on November 08, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Election disinformation fueled midterm conspiracies, but far behind 2020 levels, experts found Researchers found more than 40,000 tweets about tabulators in Maricopa County, Arizona, but disinformation didn't reach levels seen in 2020. Nov 9, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Former President Trump speaks during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022 in Vandalia, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) 2020 redux: Trump and allies push another round of election fraud claims Former President Trump and his allies made spurious claims that lay the groundwork for arguing the midterm elections were rigged. Nov 8, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley Elias Groll
Poll watchers and challengers sign in before observing Michigan election workers pre-sort ballots ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections in Detroit, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) The disinformation threat facing US midterms extends beyond Election Day Experts and national security officials worry that lies and conspiracies about voting could cause voters to reject outcomes or spark violence. Nov 7, 2022 By Benjamin Freed Suzanne Smalley Elias Groll AJ Vicens
(Getty Images) CISA issues vulnerability advisory for select Dominion voting equipment, urges updates The company insists its equipment is safe, and nobody has proof of the vulnerabilities having been used, CISA says. Jun 3, 2022
President Joe Biden embraces his son Hunter Biden after addressing the nation from the Chase Center November 7, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images) Hunter Biden emails that Trump allies shared contain signs of possible ‘tampering,’ analysis suggests Researchers shared the data to provide a more complete context about the data and questions surrounding it, they said. May 24, 2022
Michigan state delegates cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election (Photo by Carlos Osorio-Pool/Getty Images). Michigan police execute warrant looking for missing election equipment An official who supported a far-right conspiracy theory previously said she would not return a piece of voting machinery to the state. Oct 29, 2021
Joe Biden tours the National Counterterrorism Center Watch Floor at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia, July 27, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Biden says ‘shooting war’ could break out with foreign heavyweights over cyberattacks The saber-rattling comes amid ongoing fallout from hacks that originated in Russia. Jul 28, 2021 By Tim Starks
(Lorie Shaull / Flickr) Cozy Bear revisits one of its greatest hits, researchers say: election skulduggery Volexity believes, with moderate confidence, that Cozy Bear is behind the spearphishing campaign with an election fraud lure. May 27, 2021 By Tim Starks