Election Security

Foreign Hackers Cripple Texas County’s Email System, Raising Election Security Concerns

The malware attack, which sent fake email replies to voters and businesses, spotlights an overlooked vulnerability in counties that don’t follow best practices for computer security.

  • Jessica Huseman, Jack Gillum, Derek Willis and Jeff Kao, ProPublica

Trump Tries to Hide the Problem

From the coronavirus to Russian electoral interference, the president keeps trying to paper over problems instead of addressing them.

  • David A. Graham, The Atlantic

US retreats in Iraq; USAF helo takes fire over Virginia; Naval standoff between NATO allies; COVID deaths hit 3-month high; and a bit more...

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston

Trump Has Launched a Three-Pronged Attack on the Election

And it starts with undermining the U.S. Postal Service.

  • Joshua A. Geltzer, Jennifer Taub and Laurence H. Tribe, The Atlantic

Where the System May Break

A war-game exercise simulating the 2020 election unmasked some key vulnerabilities.

  • David Frum, The Atlantic