June 09, 2020

Facebook labels ‘state-controlled’ Russian, Chinese, Iranian media

Facebook users will see notices labeling "state-controlled media", based on criteria such as funding, editorial independence, ownership structure and more.

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February 10, 2020

FBI director warns of sustained Russian disinformation threat

Russia is still using social media in a sustained campaign to dabble in US affairs, according to FBI director Chris Wray.

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March 18, 2019

DARPA is working on an open source, secure e-voting system

The US Government is working on an electronic voting system that it hopes will prevent people from tinkering with voting machines at the polls.

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November 07, 2018

Voting machine manual tells officials to reuse weak passwords

The manual turns good advice on its head, telling officials to use, reuse and recycle weak passwords.

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November 01, 2018

Facebook is still approving fake political ads

Just a couple of weeks before the US midterm elections, journalists have revealed that Facebook is continuing to approve fake advertisements from fake sources.

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September 20, 2018

US military given the power to hack back/defend forward

The new preventative cybersecurity powers include potentially acting against countries considered friendly toward the US - a risky move, some say.

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September 19, 2018

How Facebook wants to protect political campaigners from hacking

The social network is trying to protect candidates, elected officials and their staff from "hackers and foreign adversaries".

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September 10, 2018

‘Only paper ballots by 2020!’ call experts after election tampering

The National Academy of Sciences says the US election system uses insecure technology and is fighting off attempts to destabilize it.

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August 22, 2018

Microsoft disrupts Fancy Bear election meddlers

In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations.

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