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
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. (Lorie Shaull) The governor’s office says the NSA isn’t involved in the response to Minnesota’s protests. But here’s how it could be. Comments by Gov. Tim Walz, combined with activity by the military, created some confusion about role of the Pentagon's foreign signals intelligence agency. Jun 1, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
(Pierre/https://flic.kr/p/brWrfZ) Anonymous, aiming for relevance, spins old data as new hacks The group is trying to use the nationwide protests to draw attention to data that was stolen years ago. Jun 1, 2020 By Jeff Stone
A polling place in Louisville, Kentucky, for the Democratic presidential primary in May 2016. (EX22218 – ON/OFF / Flickr) Election security bill still needs work in some areas, state officials tell Senate sponsors Six states discussed with the main sponsors of the Secure Elections Act how they would implement the bill. Apr 17, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee
(Stephen Valasco / Flickr) DHS notifies 21 states of Russian hacking attempts prior to 2016 election A small number of networks were compromised, CyberScoop has learned, but none of the targeted systems involved the tallying of votes. Sep 22, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill