People cast their votes at an early voting site at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on November 03, 2024 in Washington, D.C.(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) False bomb threats at polling sites only blemish on Election Day voting process The FBI confirmed that bomb threats made to polling locations in several states “appear to originate from Russian email domains.” Nov 5, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
Stickers sit on a table at a polling location on November 8, 2022 in Atlanta, United States. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) Cyberattack hits Georgia county at center of voting software breach State officials in Georgia have severed Coffee County’s access to statewide election systems while the breach is being addressed. Apr 26, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson AJ Vicens
(Getty Images) CISA issues vulnerability advisory for select Dominion voting equipment, urges updates The company insists its equipment is safe, and nobody has proof of the vulnerabilities having been used, CISA says. Jun 3, 2022
Paper ballots for a 2020 election. (MultCo Communications / Flickr) As voters cast their ballots, courts nationwide issue election security edicts The court fights over the long weekend stretched from California to Pennsylvania. Oct 13, 2020 By Tim Starks
Georgia state flag (Getty Images) Judge orders Georgia to use paper records at polling places to avoid Election Day delays The state has long been the center of heated, and sometimes partisan, battles over voting. Sep 29, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) ‘Unprecedented’ sentencing for international GozNym cybercrime network The cybercriminals' operation employed the malware to target 41,000 computers between 2015 and 2016. Dec 20, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Flickr) Judge upholds paperless voting in Georgia, but pressures for change Judge Amy Totenberg suggested that state election officials had "their heads in the sand" on election security. Sep 18, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee
Access via CC BY-SA 4.0 Lawsuit pushes Georgia to dump paperless voting machines by November Just use paper, the plaintiffs say. May 24, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee
Researchers believe hackers used Chrome extensions and other malicious tools — along with domains issued by a single registrar — to spy on computer users. (Getty Images) Google and Microsoft ask Georgia governor to veto ‘hack back’ bill The legislation would criminalize "unauthorized computer access" and potentially allow companies to conduct offensive hacking operations. Apr 27, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee
(FEMA / Bill Koplitz) DHS inspector general: Georgia’s election systems weren’t hacked The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has concluded that the department did not breach Georgia’s voting system, according to a letter issued to Congress on Monday. Jun 28, 2017 By Greg Otto