Computing Here’s how hackers could cause chaos in this year’s US midterm elections Despite efforts to boost security, critical parts of America’s voting infrastructure are still vulnerable to cyberattack. by Martin Giles 2018-04-18T06:00:00-04:00
Computing Six Cyber Threats to Really Worry About in 2018 From AI-powered hacking to tampering with voting systems, here are some of the big risks on our radar screen. by Martin Giles 2018-01-02T00:00:00-05:00
Tech Policy The Man with a Plan to Upgrade the Democrats Raffi Krikorian, the CTO of the Democratic National Committee, is out to beat hackers—and the Republicans. by Martin Giles 2017-12-08T00:00:00-05:00
Tech Policy Social Media Is Killing Discourse Because It’s Too Much Like TV We need more text and fewer videos and memes in the age of Trump. by Hossein Derakhshan 2016-11-29T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Election Monitors to Use Social Media as a Way to Find Voting Problems A team of hundreds will scour the Web for signs of voter intimidation and poorly functioning polling places. by Nanette Byrnes 2016-11-07T11:27:00-05:00
Connectivity Despite Fears, This Election Could Be More Secure Than Ever Evidence that foreign hackers might try to disrupt November’s election have led to much-needed reflection on how to prevent such problems. by Mike Orcutt 2016-10-13T14:30:00-04:00
Connectivity How Hackers Could Send Your Polling Station into Chaos Election security experts say officials should prepare for cyberattacks that target data about voters. by Mike Orcutt 2016-10-05T00:00:00-04:00
Business Impact A Close Election Could Expose Risky Electronic Voting Machines Voters in 15 states, including several battlegrounds, will use systems that lack an important safeguard against software errors and tampering. by Mike Orcutt 2016-09-30T05:00:00-04:00
Business Impact The Internet Is No Place for Elections It’s not safe to connect our voting infrastructure to the Internet, but some election boards are doing it anyway. by Mike Orcutt 2016-09-26T00:00:00-04:00