Sequent CEO questions security of US voting machines
Shai Bargil argues EAC certification can leave ballot machines unpatched for years and that barcodes hide what is counted.
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42% of US county election sites still lack .gov domains
Of 2,081 county election sites, 869 are off .gov; about 51% of contact domains lack enforced DMARC.
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FEC shuts web services after attempted intrusion before midterms
New electronic campaign-finance filings were blocked; officials have not confirmed access or theft, and voting systems were not involved.
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Lawmakers say Russia seeks to undermine Democrats before midterms
They say a classified assessment finds influence activity by Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, but no vote-system hacking.
The next election influence campaign will target your AI chatbot
VisionHeight says hyperlocal site networks are seeding content to steer AI chatbot answers on U.S. races.
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X purges 13,000 accounts linked to suspected meddling ahead of US midterms
X removed over 13,000 accounts it links to Iranian, Russian, and Chinese influence operations ahead of US midterms.
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The 2026 U.S. Midterms Election Season, Weakened Defenses: The Cyber Landscape Ahead
NSA and Cyber Command chief testified to Congress ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterms.
CISA Election Security Plan Flags Patching Barriers, Voter Database Attacks
CISA's 2026 election security plan flags slow patching, voter-database attacks, and insider risk.
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CISA Unveils Election Security Plan Ahead of 2026 Midterms
CISA released an election security plan to help officials counter cyber and physical threats before the 2026 midterms.
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No evidence of successful foreign meddling in 2024 election, spy agencies found
U.S. spy agencies found no successful foreign interference in the 2024 election, though Russia, China, and Iran ran influence campaigns.
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Do Electromagnetic Side-Channel Attacks Threaten Electronic Polling Stations? Scenarios and Recommendations
Researchers assess TEMPEST attacks on Brazil's electronic voting machines and recommend polling-station mitigations.
Russia reports thousands of cyberattacks on election infrastructure during vote
Russian officials report thousands of DDoS attacks and phishing attempts targeted election and e-government systems during parliamentary voting, with no confirmed compromises.
Hackers claim breach of Russian election systems days before parliamentary vote
Hacking group CikLeak claims it stole documents, server configurations and passwords from Russia's Central Election Commission and Vybory election platform contractors days before parliamentary voting.
Supreme Court denies Trump request to allow USPS mail ballot changes
Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to implement USPS mail ballot changes before the 2026 midterms, calling it arbitrary and capricious.
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Security Vulnerability in a Voting System
A four-year-old vulnerability letting anyone recover ballot casting order was demonstrated with AI coding agents against Georgia's May 2026 primary data.
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Whistleblower says USPS deploying new, ‘untested’ IT systems governing mail
A whistleblower alleges USPS is rushing untested IT systems that could reject thousands of mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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A California county wants to hire Tina Peters to help run its elections
Shasta County, California plans to hire Tina Peters, convicted of stealing voting system software, as assistant registrar of voters.
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