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US warns of last-minute Iranian and Russian election influence ops
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is warning about last-minute influence operations conducted by Iranian and Russian actors to undermine the public trust in the integrity and fairness of the upcoming presidential election.
- November 05, 2024
- 11:23 AM
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FBI: Upcoming U.S. general election fuel multiple fraud schemes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of multiple schemes taking advantage of the upcoming U.S. general election to scam people out of their money or personal data.
- October 30, 2024
- 09:44 AM
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Iranian hackers charged for ‘hack-and-leak’ plot to influence election
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging three Iranian hackers with a "hack-and-leak" campaign that aimed to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
- September 27, 2024
- 03:47 PM
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FBI tells public to ignore false claims of hacked voter data
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are alerting the public of false claims that the U.S. voter registration data has been compromised in cyberattacks.
- September 14, 2024
- 10:26 AM
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Donald Trump returns to Twitter after Elon Musk's poll
In a surprising move, Twitter has lifted the "permanent suspension" of former U.S. President Donald Trump's account. The move follows a Twitter poll ran by Elon Musk that asked users whether to reinstate Trump's account—the majority of 15 million respondents answered affirmatively.
- November 20, 2022
- 03:43 AM
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FBI warns of disinformation threats before 2022 midterm elections
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned today of foreign influence operations that might spread disinformation to affect the results of this year's midterm elections.
- October 06, 2022
- 05:35 PM
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FBI warns election officials of credential phishing attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned US election officials on Tuesday of an ongoing and widespread phishing campaign trying to steal their credentials since at least October 2021.
- March 29, 2022
- 12:52 PM
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FBI: How Iranian hackers stole voter info from state election sites
DHS CISA and the FBI today shared more info on how an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group was able to harvest voter registration info from U.S. state websites, including election sites.
- October 30, 2020
- 06:44 PM
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FBI shares technical details on Iran's fake Proud Boys emails
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shared indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with the Iranian state-sponsored threat group behind last week's Proud Boys voter intimidation emails that targeted Democratic voters.
- October 30, 2020
- 03:43 PM
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Hackers used VPN flaws to access US govt elections support systems
Government-backed hackers have compromised and gained access to US elections support systems by chaining together VPN vulnerabilities and the recent Windows CVE-2020-1472 security flaw.
- October 12, 2020
- 01:47 PM
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Emotet malware takes part in the 2020 U.S. elections
Emotet is now taking part in the United States 2020 Presidential election with a new spam campaign pretending to be from the Democratic National Convention's Team Blue initiative.
- October 02, 2020
- 10:46 AM
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FBI warns of disinformation campaigns about hacked voter systems
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today issued a joint public service announcement about the threat of disinformation campaigns targeting the 2020 US election season.
- September 28, 2020
- 02:19 PM
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US 2020 Presidential apps riddled with tracking and security flaws
Vote Joe app is the official app designed for engaging voters as a part of the Biden 2020 Presidential campaign. The app's API was found to be leaking data on a voter's political affiliations as predicted by Target Smart .
- September 17, 2020
- 10:12 AM
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Microsoft: State-backed hackers are targeting the 2020 US elections
Nation state-sponsored hacking groups operating from Russia, China, and Iran are targeting organizations and individuals involved in this year's U.S. presidential election according to Microsoft.
- September 10, 2020
- 04:48 PM
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FBI to Warn State Officials of Election Infrastructure Cyber Threats
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today announced a change in policy requiring the timely notification of state officials of potential cyber threats to election infrastructure.
- January 16, 2020
- 06:01 PM
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FBI Updates Initiative to Protect U.S. Elections from Cyberattacks
FBI has updated and expanded the resources and tools designed to help political campaigns, private businesses, and individuals to better understand and mitigate risks posed by foreign entities' cyber intrusions and disinformation efforts during the 2020 U.S. election season.
- October 23, 2019
- 04:23 PM
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Most 2020 Presidential Campaign Not Using Proper Email Security
2020 U.S. presidential campaigns are not using proper email security according to research from Californian-based email threat protection firm Agari.
- July 12, 2019
- 11:06 AM
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Hacking is the Lesser Evil for the U.S. Midterm Elections
The security of today's midterm elections in the US depend in part on the integrity of the electronic voting machines and the thwarting of foreign influence campaigns. As cyber attacks are expected, several government agencies have joined forces to combat influence efforts and help state and local officials secure the election.
- November 06, 2018
- 10:20 AM
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SEO Poisoning Campaign Targeting U.S. Midterm Election Keywords
A new SEO poisoning campaign has been discovered that is targeting keywords associated with the U.S. midterm elections. Users who are enticed to visit these pages will then be redirected to a variety of scam sites, adult sites, and sites pushing unwanted software.
- October 17, 2018
- 11:00 AM
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Tens of Millions of U.S. Voter Records for Sale
An advertisement on a forum trading data breach information offers to sell personally identifiable details and voting history of millions of US residents. The estimated size of the cache is in excess of 35 million records.
- October 15, 2018
- 05:46 PM
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