August 7, 2024 at 12:09AM Georgia’s voter registration cancellation website, designed to ease the process for former residents or those related to deceased citizens, faced a significant security flaw. An easy exploit allowed cancellation with just a full name, date of birth, and county of residence. The state’s officials claimed the bypass wouldn’t work, only … Read more
March 26, 2024 at 05:33AM UK’s Deputy Prime Minister, Oliver Dowden, asserts that China’s attempts to undermine UK elections were unsuccessful. The cyberattack on the 2021 Electoral Commission compromised voters’ data. China-linked APT31 targeted UK parliamentarians, prompting sanctions by the UK and US. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) updated its guidance, and China is … Read more
February 18, 2024 at 08:27AM Major tech companies, including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and TikTok, have signed a pact to prevent AI tools from disrupting democratic elections. The accord aims to address deceptive AI-generated content through detection and labeling methods, but some advocates find its commitments to be vague and lacking in … Read more
February 16, 2024 at 04:35PM Major tech companies, including Meta, Microsoft, Google, TikTok, and OpenAI, are collaborating on a “Tech Accord” to combat AI-generated content that poses a threat to global democratic elections. The accord, set to be presented at the Munich Security Conference, aims to develop tools to identify and debunk deepfake content and … Read more