Tag: election
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Personal Data of Oxford City Council Officers Exposed
Oxford City Council revealed that attackers accessed data of individuals who worked on Council-administered elections between 2001 and 2022 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/personal-data-oxford-council/
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Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of election worker data
Services coming back online after legacy systems compromised First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/oxford_city_council_breach/
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Oxford City Council Hit by Cyberattack Exposing Employee Personal Data
Oxford City Council has confirmed it was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack that resulted in the exposure of personal data belonging to employees, including those involved in council-administered elections over the past two decades. The council detected an unauthorised presence within its network last week, prompting immediate action from its automated security systems. These…
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Trump EO Takes Aim at Biden, Obama Provisions for Identity, Sanctions, AI
In a new cybersecurity EO, President Trump is taking a hatchet to some mandates imposed by Presidents Biden and Obama around digital identities and election interference and narrowing requirements for AI, quantum computing, and software development. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/06/trump-eo-takes-aim-at-biden-obama-provisions-for-identity-sanctions-ai/
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‘There Will Be Pain’: CISA Cuts Spark Bipartisan Concerns
Analysis of Proposed Budget, Workforce Cuts Reveal Risks to Cyber Readiness. The Trump administration’s 2026 budget proposal would eliminate over 1,000 positions and nearly $425 million from CISA, gutting cyber ops, risk modeling and election security – prompting warnings that the U.S. is weakening its national cyber defense amid rising global threats. First seen on…
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Trump’s 2026 Budget Guts CISA: Nearly 30% of Jobs and $500M on the Chopping Block
Trump’s 2026 budget proposal seeks to cut nearly 30% of CISA’s workforce and $495M from its budget, slashing key cyber defense and election security programs. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/trump-2026-budget-cuts-cisa/
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Defeated Romanian far-right candidate calls for court to annul election over alleged interference
Tags: electionGeorge Simion, the leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), claimed that external forces had attempted to influence the outcome. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/romania-election-annul-simion-george
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Russia-linked disinformation floods Poland, Romania as voters cast ballots
Romania and Poland have each reported increased Russian disinformation activity ahead of their presidential elections, with authorities warning the Kremlin-backed network Doppelgänger is actively attempting to influence voters. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-disinformation-poland-presidential-election
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France rejects Telegram CEO’s accusations of Romanian election interference
France’s foreign ministry said it “categorically rejects” a statement by Telegram’s Pavel Durov that French intelligence had asked him to ban conservative voices in Romania ahead of its elections. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/france-rejects-durov-telegram-accusations-romania-election
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State and local election officials plead with Congress for election security funding
150 active and retired officials from across the country asked Senate and House appropriations leaders to set aside $400 million for the next fiscal year. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/state-local-officials-election-security-funding-hava-congress/
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Philippines Prepares for 2025 Elections with Focus on Digital Integrity and Misinformation
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has teamed up with leading technology firms, including Microsoft, to ensure that the upcoming Philippine elections are protected from cyber threats and misinformation. According to the latest Microsoft report, in the past 18 months, over two billion people around the world have participated in national elections, but the security is…
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Trump calls on Colorado to release election-denying clerk from jail
The state’s AG vowed to defend the prosecution of Tina Peters, an election clerk behind one of the most serious breaches of voting systems in U.S. history. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/tina-peters-mesa-county-election-fraud-trump-release/
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Russian hackers target Romanian state websites on election day
A Russian-linked hacktivist group launched DDoS attacks on several Romanian websites over the weekend, as voters headed to the polls to elect a new president. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hackers-target-romanian-websites-election
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Cyber experts urge Trump to abandon Chris Krebs investigation
Dozens of cyber industry luminaries, many from the election security community, said the investigation could discourage important cyber work. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/chris-krebs-trump-investigation-letter-experts-eff/746558/
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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