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Can the US election be secured? We’ll be asking Brandon Wales that exact question in today’s live stream at 1 p.m. ET. Wales is the director of @DHSgov’s Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis. https://forms.technologyreview.com/spotlight-on-cybersecurity/

Host @HowellOneill and Wales will be diving into all the measures the Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis is putting in place to defend democracy from misinformation and malware.

We’ll likely touch on this: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/10/1008297/the-russian-hackers-who-interfered-in-2016-were-spotted-targeting-the-2020-us-election/

The Russian hackers who interfered in 2016 were spotted targeting the 2020 US election

Russian military hackers responsible for cyberattacks against Democratic targets during the 2016 American election are now targeting over 200 organizations in the United States (including political...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/10/1008297/the-russian-hackers-who-interfered-in-2016-were-spotted-targeting-the-2020-us-election/

And this: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/01/08/130972/new-secure-voting-machines-are-still-vulnerablebecause-of-voters/

New “secure” voting machines are still vulnerable—because of voters

A new study of voting machines is spotlighting the “serious risk” that election results can be manipulated because most voters do not check that their ballot is correct, according to new research. ...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/01/08/130972/new-secure-voting-machines-are-still-vulnerablebecause-of-voters/

This: https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/13/238715/16-million-americans-will-vote-on-hackable-paperless-voting-machines/

16 million Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines

Despite the obvious risk and years of warnings, at least eight American states and 16 million American voters will use completely paperless machines in the 2020 US elections, a new report by New York...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/13/238715/16-million-americans-will-vote-on-hackable-paperless-voting-machines/

And also this: https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/07/26/102847/election-hackers-targeted-50-states-in-2016-the-states-will-be-watching-this-time-around/

Election hackers likely targeted 50 states in 2016. The states will be watching this time around.

Every state in the US was likely targeted in some way by Russian hackers in 2016, according to a Senate Intelligence Committee report released on Thursday that spotlighted numerous failures on the...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/07/26/102847/election-hackers-targeted-50-states-in-2016-the-states-will-be-watching-this-time-around/

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Spotlight On Election Cybersecurity: A Free, 30-minute Live Stream | LinkedIn

Can the November presidential election be secured? Join this episode of Spotlight On: Election Cybersecurity to hear from Homeland Security official Brandon Wales about the measures the department's...

https://www.linkedin.com/events/spotlighton-electioncybersecurity/

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