Democracy Matters :verified:<p>At this rate, Putin will be our next president.</p><p>Election officials face limited options as federal security resources fall away<br><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/16/2310237/-Election-officials-face-limited-options-as-federal-security-resources-fall-away" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/story/2025/3/16/2</span><span class="invisible">310237/-Election-officials-face-limited-options-as-federal-security-resources-fall-away</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPWeirdos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a>: We didn't fire <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/redteams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redteams</span></a>, we just unhired a bunch of them<br>Agency tries to save face as it also pulls essential funding for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/electionsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionsecurity</span></a><br>Former CISA employee <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ChristopherChenoweth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherChenoweth</span></a>, senior pentester, said via LinkedIn he and more than 100 others had government contracts terminated on Feb 28, as ordered by Musk's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>. He said this comprised his entire red team and all support roles, and March 5 a second <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/redteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redteam</span></a> tasked with "mission-critical work" was also cut.<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/cisa_red_team_layoffs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/13/cis</span><span class="invisible">a_red_team_layoffs/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1882438/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1882438/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> USAID freeze opens door to Russian influence in Eastern Europe – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AidAndDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AidAndDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AlexanderLukashenko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderLukashenko</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Armenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Armenia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Azerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Azerbaijan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belarus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnergyInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyInfrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NGOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGOs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UrsulaVonDerLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulaVonDerLeyen</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cisa-election-security-freeze-memo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/cisa-election-</span><span class="invisible">security-freeze-memo/</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Surprise, surprise. It's never too early to start planning for your next term!</p><p>Election security is the latest target in Trump's rampage<br><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/12/2303214/-Election-security-is-the-latest-target-in-Trump-s-rampage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/12</span><span class="invisible">/2303214/-Election-security-is-the-latest-target-in-Trump-s-rampage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StopTrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTrumpNow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPWeirdos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Democracydocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracydocket</span></a></p><p>“<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> puts election staff on administrative leave<br> • In a move that could jeopardize U.S. election security at the state level, the federal <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> and Infrastructure Agency put employees tasked with securing elections from foreign threats on administrative leave.”</p><p>So we can have <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/darkweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ddos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ddos</span></a> hacker punks doing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tusk</span></a> s bidding but no <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/electionsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionsecurity</span></a>?</p>
carolthecrone<p>Am I the only one who remembers the trump org connection to Alpha bank server a few years ago?</p><p>Now the Russian from Alpha Group turns out to be a huge piece of funding for Musk for Xitter.</p><p>Something stinks.</p><p><a href="https://gamma.argyle.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://gamma.argyle.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://gamma.argyle.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://gamma.argyle.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://gamma.argyle.social/tags/ForeignInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInfluence</span></a> <a href="https://gamma.argyle.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://gamma.argyle.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a></p>
CenDemTech<p>🗳️ Election officials play a key role fighting <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> abt voting procedures. That’s why CDT + Center for Tech and Civic Life partnered to develop the 2024 course “Combatting Election Misinfo:” <a href="https://cdt.org/insights/helping-election-officials-combat-misinformation-in-2024-an-updated-course-from-cdt-and-ctcl/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cdt.org/insights/helping-elect</span><span class="invisible">ion-officials-combat-misinformation-in-2024-an-updated-course-from-cdt-and-ctcl/</span></a></p><p>The course, originally created ahead of the 2020 election, relaunched in June of this year with updated info about fighting mis- and disinformation: <a href="https://cdt.org/insights/helping-election-officials-combat-election-misinformation-a-course-developed-by-cdt-and-ctcl/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cdt.org/insights/helping-elect</span><span class="invisible">ion-officials-combat-election-misinformation-a-course-developed-by-cdt-and-ctcl/</span></a> <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a></p>
smeg<p>We can't have voter intimidation at polling places. Aren't these the "free speech" people? Why are they targeting people for their yard signs?</p><p>MAGA Sheriff’s Post About Kamala Harris Yard Signs Gets Department Booted From Election Duties<br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-sheriffs-post-about-kamala-harris-yard-signs-gets-department-booted-from-election-duties" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/maga-sheriff</span><span class="invisible">s-post-about-kamala-harris-yard-signs-gets-department-booted-from-election-duties</span></a><br><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/voterintimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voterintimidation</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/sheriffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sheriffs</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/ConstitutionalSheriffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalSheriffs</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/electionsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionsecurity</span></a></p>
Stephen Foskett<p><a href="https://techfieldday.net/tags/SymLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SymLink</span></a>: CISA has released an OPSEC guide for election officials to bolster the security of election infrastructure. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techfieldday.net/@GestaltIT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GestaltIT</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techfieldday.net/@sfoskett" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sfoskett</span></a></span> <a href="https://techfieldday.net/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techfieldday.net/tags/FloppyDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloppyDisk</span></a> <a href="https://techfieldday.net/tags/Omnissa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Omnissa</span></a> <a href="https://techfieldday.net/tags/Rundown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rundown</span></a><br><a href="https://gestaltit.com/rundown/stephen/cisa-focuses-on-election-security-gestalt-it-rundown-july-10-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gestaltit.com/rundown/stephen/</span><span class="invisible">cisa-focuses-on-election-security-gestalt-it-rundown-july-10-2024/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the section on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> …there’s a plan to eliminate the ability of the agency that monitors <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> to prevent the spread of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> about voting & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> counting.<br>…Think back to Nov 2020, when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was developing his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> he’d lost. Trump’s false assertion the election had been characterized by “massive improprieties & fraud” was tripped up by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChrisKrebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisKrebs</span></a>, who served as dir of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> & Infrastructure <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> Agency (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a>) in the DHS.</p>
CarolTheCrone<p>Putin Starts Preparation for Large Scale War Against NATO.</p><p>I know you're busy and don't really have time for all this.</p><p>But Putin doesn't give a shit. He thinks he's on a roll. Because the US won't stop him.</p><p><a href="https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3832901-putin-starts-preparations-for-possible-largescale-war-against-nato-isw.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/38329</span><span class="invisible">01-putin-starts-preparations-for-possible-largescale-war-against-nato-isw.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Election2924" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2924</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Navalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navalny</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Nakasone: 2024 will be most secure election ‘to date’<br><a href="https://therecord.media/nakasone-nsa-cyber-command-election-will-be-secure" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therecord.media/nakasone-nsa-c</span><span class="invisible">yber-command-election-will-be-secure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul</span></a> Nakasone <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberCommand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberCommand</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The letter sent by nearly two dozen computer scientists, election security experts and voter advocacy organizations asks for a federal probe and a risk assessment of voting machines used throughout the country, saying the software breaches have 'urgent implications for the 2024 election and beyond.'” </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/VotingMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingMachines</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"An effort to access voting system software in several states and provide it to allies of former President Donald Trump as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election has raised “serious threats” ahead of next year’s presidential contest, according to a group of experts who urged federal agencies to investigate."</p><p>~ Christina Cassidy</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/VotingMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingMachines</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-security-voting-machines-software-2024-80a23479d8a767ba9333b2324c4e424b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/election-se</span><span class="invisible">curity-voting-machines-software-2024-80a23479d8a767ba9333b2324c4e424b</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>«A suburban county in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> agreed on Friday 2 use a new voter information database endorsed by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionDenial</span></a> movement, a move that defied warnings from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> groups, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> experts & state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> officials</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaCounty</span></a>, a heavily <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> county outside <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Augusta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Augusta</span></a>, is first in the country known 2 have agreed 2 use the platform, called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EagleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EagleAI</span></a>. Its supporters claim the system will make it easier 2 purge the rolls of ineligible voters»</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/us/politics/georgia-county-election-deniers-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/12/01/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/georgia-county-election-deniers-trump.html</span></a></p>
Jennifer Cohn<p>Before the 2020 election, the Trump White House & Marsha Blackburn blocked efforts to improve voting machine security, while Russia prepared to help re-elect Trump. “Stop the Steal” made everyone forget. My latest: <a href="https://buckscountybeacon.com/2023/10/trump-and-the-gop-blocked-election-security-bills-but-stop-the-steal-made-everyone-forget/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buckscountybeacon.com/2023/10/</span><span class="invisible">trump-and-the-gop-blocked-election-security-bills-but-stop-the-steal-made-everyone-forget/</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RogerStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogerStone</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/disinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinfo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a></p>
SeanFlahertyIA<p>An OpEd that denigrates hand counting ballots altogether. Does not mention how important hand counts are in audits of computer tallies, recounts. 1/3 <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElectionIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionIntegrity</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/opinion/handcounting-votes-republicans-trump.html#commentsContainer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/10/10/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/handcounting-votes-republicans-trump.html#commentsContainer</span></a></p>
Francisca Sinn<p>“The Electoral Commission’s spokesperson told TechCrunch that the incident, which saw hackers access the Commission’s email, control systems, and copies of the electoral registers, may have affected as many as 40 million U.K. voters. This includes anyone who registered to vote between 2014 and 2022, as well as the names of those registered as overseas voters.”</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PrivacyLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyLaw</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/electoral-commission-hack-40-million-uk-voters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/elec</span><span class="invisible">toral-commission-hack-40-million-uk-voters/</span></a></p>
it's B! Cavello 🐝<p>“Election infrastructure wasn’t even designated critical infrastructure until 2017” says <a href="https://mastodon.publicinterest.town/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> Director Jen Easterly speaking at <a href="https://mastodon.publicinterest.town/tags/AspenCyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AspenCyber</span></a> event this morning, talking about the actions taken to improve US <a href="https://mastodon.publicinterest.town/tags/ElectionSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionSecurity</span></a> to an audience at the <a href="https://mastodon.publicinterest.town/tags/AspenInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AspenInstitute</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.aspendigital.org/event/cybersecurity-in-perspective/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aspendigital.org/event/cyberse</span><span class="invisible">curity-in-perspective/</span></a></p>
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