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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

A woman places her ballot in the tabulation machine after voting at Western High School School in the US presidential election on November 8, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. / AFP / JEFF KOWALSKY (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Michigan lawyer in voting machine tampering case arraigned in D.C.

Stefanie Lambert was involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election and was arrested after appearing on behalf of another client.

Mar 19, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Local resident Cierra Johnson (L) and her daughter Reniya Weekes (2nd L) hold signs to encourage people to vote early outside a polling station on November 29, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. A nonprofit suing the Coffee County Board of Elections claim the board withheld emails and security camera footage relevant to a 2021 breach of voting machine software and other election systems. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Georgia election officials withheld evidence in voting machine breach, group alleges

A filing accuses county election officials of withholding records related to unauthorized copying of voting software by Trump allies in 2021.

Feb 22, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Dominion files $1.3 billion defamation suit against Giuliani over election security claims

The lawsuit accuses Giuliani of defamation and cashing in on conspiracy theories with cigars and gold coins.

Jan 25, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas

paper ballot, election, vote by mail, voting — 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

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., (left) speaks with Voting Village co-organizer Harri Hursti. (Sean Lyngaas/ CyberScoop)

Voting Village brings equipment to lawmakers to boost urgency on election security

This time, they brought the equipment.

Oct 29, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas

election security — Christopher Wlaschin speaks Oct. 18, 2017, at CyberTalks in Washington, D.C. (CyberScoop)

What would a vulnerability disclosure program look like for voting equipment? Expect an RFI soon

Voting equipment vendors have heard presentations from Bugcrowd, HackerOne, and Synack, according to ES&S's Chris Wlaschin.

Sep 19, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas

Voting technology, voting touchscreen, election systems, election security — (Getty Images)

Voting-machine companies are thinking about vulnerability disclosure, bug bounty programs

The industry has some very particular challenges to work out before establishing a coordinated vulnerability disclosure program. But the big companies are changing their thinking.

Aug 15, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas

Elizabeth Warren wants to overhaul U.S. election security

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is running for president in 2020, wants to replace outdated voting systems with voter-verified paper ballot machines, mandate voting equipment be paid for…

Jun 25, 2019 By Shannon Vavra

Election commission names new lead for testing and certifying voting systems

Jerome Lovato’s appointment comes as the commission prepares to help secure the 2020 election.

May 9, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas