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Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 2, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Lawmakers fret over who will report foreign election interference

When the U.S. government has credible evidence of a foreign nation interfering in an American election, who is responsible for sounding the alarm and what processes are…

May 16, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Stickers sit on a table at a polling location on November 8, 2022 in Atlanta, United States. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Cyberattack hits Georgia county at center of voting software breach

State officials in Georgia have severed Coffee County’s access to statewide election systems while the breach is being addressed.

Apr 26, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson AJ Vicens

The street artist Andrea Villa installs an anti-war poster depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden on April 16, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)

After a sleepy primary season, Russia enters 2024 U.S. election fray

Russian influence operations have picked up steam in the past two months, according to a Microsoft report.

Apr 17, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Confetti flies over the stage and crowd as Taiwan’s president-elect from the Democratic Progressive Party, Lai Ching-te, speaks to supporters at a rally at the party’s headquarters on January 13, 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan. Lai was among the politicians targeted by AI-generated propaganda. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)

Chinese hackers turn to AI to meddle in elections

Beijing’s influence operations are experimenting with synthetically generated content to carry out influence operations, per Microsoft report.

Apr 5, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Supporters of President Donald Trump demonstrate at a ‘Stop the Steal’ rally in front of the Maricopa County Elections Department office on November 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Training days: How officials are using AI to prepare election workers for voting chaos

Election officials in Arizona and Minnesota are creating novel training exercises to combat AI-generated content this November.

Mar 14, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks during a Trellix-Scoop News Group cybersecurity summit on Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Sen. Warner: US is less prepared to secure the 2024 election than 2020

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence chair expressed concerns about foreign intervention this election cycle and chided Biden lawyers for taking a “cautious” approach on social media…

Feb 27, 2024 By Christian Vasquez

Local resident Cierra Johnson (L) and her daughter Reniya Weekes (2nd L) hold signs to encourage people to vote early outside a polling station on November 29, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. A nonprofit suing the Coffee County Board of Elections claim the board withheld emails and security camera footage relevant to a 2021 breach of voting machine software and other election systems. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Georgia election officials withheld evidence in voting machine breach, group alleges

A filing accuses county election officials of withholding records related to unauthorized copying of voting software by Trump allies in 2021.

Feb 22, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Supporters demonstrate at a Joe Biden Write-In Rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 20, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

The tangled web of corporations behind the New Hampshire AI robocall

The man alleged to have impersonated Joe Biden appears to control a network of marketing firms and fundraising operations.

Feb 14, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

U.S. President Joe Biden talks on a cell phone during a Rose Garden event at the White House to mark National Small Business Week on May 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

New Hampshire authorities trace Biden AI robocall to Texas-based telecom

An investigation identified Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom as allegedly behind the operation that impersonated President Joe Biden.

Feb 6, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and Mexican Security Secretary Rosa Icela Rodriguez at the State Department in Washington on October 13. Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

DHS warns of malicious AI use against critical infrastructure

The DHS report warns of state-backed hackers using AI for both malware development and election interference.

Sep 14, 2023 By Christian Vasquez