Tag: election
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Judge tosses citizenship provisions in Trump elections order
Requests to block federal agencies from sharing federal data with states and to condition federal election funding were denied by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/elections-white-house-executive-order-court-proof-of-citizenship-requirements/
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Krebs Steps Down from SentinelOne, Vows to Fight Trump Attack
Chris Kreb, the former CISA director who has come under fire from President Trump for refusing to support claims at the 2020 election was tampered with, resigned from his position with cybersecurity vendor SentinelOne, telling employees that “this is my fight, not the company’s.” First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/krebs-steps-down-from-sentinelone-vows-to-fight-trump-attack/
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Will politicization of security clearances make US cybersecurity firms radioactive?
Tags: access, business, ceo, cisa, cisco, ciso, credentials, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, disinformation, election, government, infrastructure, intelligence, law, microsoft, network, office, risk, spyware, strategy, threatWhat brought this on: This is mostly a reaction to a White House order on Wednesday that tied security clearances to supporting political concepts. The order chastised Chris Krebs, the former head of Trump’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). “Krebs’ misconduct involved the censorship of disfavored speech implicating the 2020 election and COVID-19 pandemic. CISA, under…
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Dogged by Trump, Chris Krebs Resigns from SentinelOne
The president revoked the former CISA director’s security clearance, half a decade after Krebs challenged right-wing election disinformation, prompting his eventual resignation. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/trump-chris-krebs-resigns-sentinelone
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Targeted by Trump, Chris Krebs Resigns Job to Fight Probe
Cybersecurity Expert Sees Retribution for Stating 2020 Election Results Legitimate. Chris Krebs, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during President Donald Trump’s first administration, resigned from his private-sector job to fight what he characterized as a retaliatory probe, designed to punish dissent, ordered by his former boss. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Trump’s Retaliation Against Chris Krebs, and the Cybersecurity Industry’s Deafening Silence
Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was fired by Donald Trump in 2020 for publicly affirming that the presidential election was secure and free from widespread fraud. Fast-forward to April 2025: Trump, now back in the White House, issued an executive order revoking Krebs’ security clearances and ordering……
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China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure
Plus: The Department of Homeland Security begins surveilling immigrants’ social media, President Donald Trump targets former CISA director who refuted his claims of 2020 election fraud, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/china-admits-hacking-us-infrastructure/
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Trump Strips Security Clearances of Ex-CISA Head Krebs, SentinelOne
President Trump stripped former CISA head Chris Krebs of his security clearances, accusing him of disloyalty for claiming the 2020 election was safe and disagreeing with him regarding the pandemic. SentinelOne, where Krebs is an executive, also was targeted by Trump, who further ordered investigations of Krebs and CISA. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to…
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Trump orders probe of ex-CISA chief Krebs over 2020 election dispute
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/trump-orders-probe-of-ex-cisa-chief-krebs-over-2020-election-dispute
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Trump orders federal investigation into former CISA director Chris Krebs
Trump fired Krebs by tweet in 2020 after he publicly debunked Trump’s false claims of election fraud. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/trump-orders-federal-investigation-into-former-cisa-director-chris-krebs/
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Trump Retaliates Against Former Cybersecurity Chief
Chris Krebs and SentinelOne Targeted as Trump Still Trumpets 2020 Election Lies. The White House said President Trump has ordered a probe into former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs’ government service, revoked any security clearances he holds and suspended security clearances issued to his employer, SentinelOne. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Polish ruling party targeted in cyberattack ahead of presidential election
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/polish-ruling-party-targeted-in-cyberattack-ahead-of-presidential-election
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Canada says China-linked information campaign spreading false narratives about prime minister
A China-linked information campaign is using a network of WeChat accounts to attack Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of the country’s upcoming federal election, authorities said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/canada-says-china-linked-information-campaign-spreading-narriatives-carney-election
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$500,000 stolen in Australian super fund data breach
Super industry’s peak body says majority of hacking attempts stopped but money lost by a small number of customers<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/04/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-labor-coalition-poll-tariffs-trump-interest-rates-rba-ntwnfb”>Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign</li><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>afternoon election email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>Hackers have targeted Australian superannuation funds this week, with a small number of customers losing a…
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Australian super funds compromised after data breach as hackers use stolen passwords
Retirement savings industry’s peak body says majority of hacking attempts stopped but a number of companies affected by data breach<ul><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>afternoon election email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>Hackers have targeted Australian superannuation funds this week, the retirement savings industry’s peak body has said, with a number of funds having member…
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Poland’s prime minister says cyberattack targeted his party as election nears
An official within the prime minister’s office said the attackers attempted to take control of computers belonging to both party employees and election staff. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/poland-prime-minister-cyber-targeted
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Democratic groups sue to block Trump administration’s elections order
The lawsuit casts much of the order as broadly illegal and outside the scope of the executive branch’s constitutional powers. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/democratic-groups-challenge-trump-election-order/
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Experts: Integrity of US elections at risk due to decreased CISA funding
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/experts-integrity-of-us-elections-at-risk-due-to-decreased-cisa-funding
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How CISA Cuts Impact Election Security
State and federal security experts weighed in on the impact that budgetary and personnel cuts to CISA will have on election security as a whole. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/how-cisa-cuts-impact-election-security
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Trump CISA Cuts Threaten US Election Integrity, Experts Warn
Expert speakers discussed the impact of reported cutbacks to CISA on the ability of local officials to protect against surging cyber-attacks on US election infrastructure First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/trump-cisa-cuts-us-election/
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CISA Budget Cuts Weaken US Election Security, Officials Warn
State and Local Election Offices Face Growing Cyber Threat Amid Federal Budget Cuts. Top-ranking current and former security officials warned Thursday that President Donald Trump’s budget cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other election security efforts have left U.S. election infrastructure vulnerable to escalating cyber threats. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Domestic violence survivors urged to take safety precautions after NSW justice department data breach
Attorney general says hacker gained unlawful entry to state’s Justice Link system and accessed 9,000 files, which could include victim details<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/27/australia-politics-live-fuel-excise-cost-of-living-tax-cuts-salmon-election-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb”>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</li><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>Domestic and family violence victim-survivors who are concerned their safety may have been…
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Thousands of NSW court files including AVOs leaked in ‘major data breach’
Investigation under way after around 9,000 documents including sensitive affidavits exposed<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/27/australia-politics-live-fuel-excise-cost-of-living-tax-cuts-salmon-election-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb”>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</li><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>About 9,000 court files, including sensitive documents such as apprehended violence orders and affidavits, have been leaked in a data breach of the…
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Trump issues executive order seeking greater federal control of elections
The order seeks to withhold federal funding from states that don’t comply, sparking a heated backlash from legal and election experts. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/trump-election-executive-order-sparks-backlash-from-critics/
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Trump shifts cyberattack readiness to state and local governments in wake of info-sharing cuts
Tags: advisory, cio, cisa, ciso, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, election, government, group, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, metric, office, resilience, risk, russia, strategy, technology, threatCreating a national resilience strategy The EO requires the assistant to the President for national security affairs (APNSA), in coordination with the assistant to the President for economic policy and the heads of relevant executive departments and agencies, to publish within 90 days (by June 17) a National Resilience Strategy that articulates the priorities, means,…
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UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup 23 March 2025
Tags: ai, best-practice, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, disinformation, election, email, espionage, exploit, group, incident, malicious, network, phishing, qr, ransomware, service, threat, update, vulnerabilityWelcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. NHS Scotland Confirms Cyberattack Disruption On 20 March 2025, NHS Scotland reported a major cyber incident that caused network outages across multiple health boards. The cyberattack disrupted clinical systems and led to delayed…
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White House Shifting Cyber Risk to State and Local Agencies
Executive Order Shifts Cyber Responsibilities to States, Sparking Security Concerns. The White House is shifting cybersecurity risk management from the federal government to states and local agencies, marking a pivot in how Washington supports the protection of elections and critical infrastructure. Many states lack their own national security and cyber threat intelligence centers. First seen…
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UK Official Says Russian Disinfo Blocked in 2024 Election
Doppelganger Unsuccessfully Attempted to Distort Election, UK Minister Said. A Russian government-directed foreign influence campaign unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt the 2024 U.K. elections, a British security minister told a parliamentary committee. The government identified disinformation networks linked to Russian influence campaign widely tracked as Doppelganger. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/uk-official-says-russian-disinfo-blocked-in-2024-election-a-27759
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CISA Cuts $10M in ISAC Funding & 100s of Employees
President Trump has long complained about perceived threats to election security. Now his DHS has kneecapped the agencies designed to support it. Experts are worried about what comes next. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/cisa-cuts-isac-funding-employees