Latvian national sentenced for ransomware attacks run by former Conti leaders
Deniss Zolotarjovs was mostly tasked with putting pressure on the Russia-based crew’s victims, in one case leaking hundreds of children’s health records.
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Georgia
Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to justify raid
A former federal election official says the FBI's affidavit justifying last month's Fulton County raid misrepresented basic election facts, despite the agency's claims having already been investigated…
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.”
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.
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.
As voters cast their ballots, courts nationwide issue election security edicts
The court fights over the long weekend stretched from California to Pennsylvania.
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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.
‘Unprecedented’ sentencing for international GozNym cybercrime network
The cybercriminals' operation employed the malware to target 41,000 computers between 2015 and 2016.
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.
Lawsuit pushes Georgia to dump paperless voting machines by November
Just use paper, the plaintiffs say.